WEBINAR
Winning the War for Talent in the Data Center Buildout
A conversation with Interplay Learning and Cengage on how employers and community partners can build the talent pipelines the data center industry needs.
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2026 · Noon CT
The data center industry is expanding rapidly, and the workforce needed to support that growth is not keeping pace. Employers struggle with retention and employee poaching, and they have limited access to locally skilled talent. Workforce organizations, educators, contractors, hyperscalers and content providers often lack the coordination needed to build effective talent pipelines.
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Join Doug Donovan and Amanda Long of Interplay Learning and Megan McInroy and Ryan Williams of Cengage for a practical conversation on building a stronger mission-critical workforce. The panel will discuss how employers can lower hiring risk by sponsoring training that candidates complete before they interview. They will also cover how employers and community partners can identify skills needs, expand training capacity and build career pathways aligned to real hiring demand, using digital learning and simulation-based training to reach more people.
Why Watch?
Register now to learn:
- How America’s Mission Critical Workforce Alliance came together
- Which data center roles are hardest to fill and which career pathways are emerging
- How employers can engage workforce organizations and educators
- How digital strategies expand the talent funnel
- How simulation-based training and other tools broaden access to training
- What community-centered workforce development looks like in practice
- Where funding is available through government, foundations and enterprise partners
- How hiring projections and credential needs can guide training investments
Who should attend?
Data center employers, hyperscalers, contractors, workforce organizations, educators, training providers and community partners interested in strengthening the talent pipeline.
Attendees will leave with ideas for collaborating across sectors and an invitation to join the Alliance and help shape the mission-critical workforce.
Meet the Panelists
Ryan Williams
Senior Business Development Director, Cengage
Megan McInroy
Director of Corporate Accounts, Cengage
Doug Donovan
CEO and Co-Founder, Interplay Learning
