EPISODE · Sep 3, 2026 · 31 MIN
C/COBCTC on Data Centers, Infrastructure and Outreach
from America’s Work Force Union Podcast · host BMA Media Group
A million people are projected to move to Central Ohio by 2050. Two Ohio Power Siting Board hearings drew nearly 100 speakers in one week. The outer belt needs more lanes. And the IBEW is preparing to blanket Columbus job sites with organizers and then sit workers down with contractors to place them on the same day. On today's Trades Day episode of America's Work Force Union Podcast, Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager delivers his monthly update covering the Fairfield and Asheville Ohio Power Siting Board hearings for two behind-the-meter energy centers serving data center campuses, Central Ohio's infrastructure gap as growth accelerates toward a million new residents by 2050, apprenticeship outreach to middle schools and high schools and the IBEW job blitz coming to Columbus that could be replicated across all building trades if it succeeds. Visit columbusconstruction.org for more.
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C/COBCTC Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager discusses Ohio Power Siting Board hearings for the Fairfield and Asheville energy centers that drew nearly 100 speakers between them, Central Ohio’s infrastructure gap as the region prepares for a million new residents by 2050, apprenticeship outreach to middle schools and high schools where parent attitudes toward the trades have shifted dramatically and the IBEW job blitz coming to Columbus where organizers will canvass job sites and place workers directly with contractors on the same day.
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