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Scripps News · Sep 24, 2026Interactive: Why AI’s building boom may delay other construction projects
AI building boom pulls trade workers away from housing, creating cross-sector delays that require Skillit's real-time labor routing.
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Wall Street Journal · Jan 27, 2026Construction Companies See Promise in AI Agents
Skillit is helping managers stay on top of the complex processes underpinning an exploding sector.
Fortune · Dec 5, 2025Construction workers are earning up to 30% more and some are nabbing six-figure salaries in the data center boom
Fortune details six-figure data center trade salaries, citing Skillit’s labor market data on trade wage premiums.
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The Jo AI · Sep 24, 2026AI Demand Drives Data Center Revenue Surge: Applied Optoelectronics, Fabrinet
AI Demand Drives Data Center Revenue Surge, according to Skillit’s proprietary data.
Scripps News · Sep 24, 2026Interactive: Why AI’s building boom may delay other construction projects
AI building boom pulls trade workers away from housing, creating cross-sector delays that require Skillit’s real-time labor routing.
Construction News & Review · Sep 24, 2026The Hidden Cost of Waiting to Switch Careers: Rethinking the Skilled Trades Career-Change Decision
Data center builds siphon trade workers from traditional construction, highlighting the labor allocation problem Skillit was built to solve.
Scripps News · Sep 23, 2026AI data center boom fueling a construction worker crunch
Data center builds siphon trade workers from traditional construction, highlighting the labor allocation problem Skillit was built to solve.
Contractor Magazine · Sep 23, 2026The Skilled Labor Shortage is Primarily an Access Problem
Fraser discusses how digital tools have the potential to transform the construction workforce while accelerating infrastructure development.
Just The News · Aug 2, 2026Big Tech, State Lawmakers Push Back Against Unexpected Information War Against Data Centers
Facing local political headwinds, Fraser defends the six-figure, AI-resistant jobs created by regional data center construction.
Big Go Finance · Aug 2, 2026AI Data Center Boom Sparks Six-Figure Pay for Trades, Nvidia’s Huang Says
Skillit provides proprietary data demonstrating that data center projects command a 32% pay premium over comparable commercial builds.
Built Different Podcast · Jul 8, 2026Episode 69: Suffolk and DPR Bet on AI Hiring Platform Skillit
Backed by major contractors, Fraser positions Skillit as the essential tool to mitigate labor risks on critical projects.
Noah News · Jul 4, 2026Skillit secures new investment from DPR and Suffolk to revolutionise skilled labour recruitment
Major construction firms are investing strategic capital into Skillit to untangle the complex logistics of regional hiring.
Construction Links Network | ConTech Weekly · Jun 28, 2026ConTech Weekly: Smarter Construction Starts Here — No. 164
As construction technology matures, trade publications are increasingly positioning Skillit as a foundational tool for the industry.
Construction Industry AI · Jun 25, 2026DPR and Suffolk Technologies invest in Skillit, arguing construction’s labor problem is really a data problem
Backed by top contractors, Fraser argues the construction labor shortage is a data failure rather than a talent deficit.
Construction Dive · Jun 24, 2026DPR, Suffolk Technologies pair with Skillit for hiring
Amid the boom in mission-critical data centers, major contractors are turning to Skillit to rapidly match skilled trades talent with jobsites.
HR Tech Edge · Jun 23, 2026Skillit Lands Strategic Backing From DPR and Suffolk to Build AI Infrastructure for Construction Hiring
Fraser positions Skillit as the essential AI infrastructure for deploying frontline construction talent.
Unite.AI · Jun 23, 2026Fraser Patterson, Founder and CEO of Skillit – Interview Series
Skillit aims to become the underlying digital infrastructure for the physical workforce.
ENG Technica · Jun 23, 2026Skillit Gains DPR, Suffolk Backing to Expand Construction Hiring Network
Major contractors DPR Construction and Suffolk Technologies invest in Skillit to scale AI-powered hiring infrastructure for the skilled trades.
Tech Times · Jun 22 2026AI Boom Needs 130,000 More Electricians: Six-Figure Trades Jobs Come With a Catch
Demand for skilled trades workers jumps 27 percent as AI data centers require unprecedented electrical and cooling infrastructure.
Construction Business Owner · Jun 22, 2026Skillit Announces Strategic Partnership With DPR Construction & Suffolk Technologies
Skillit has partnered with DPR Construction and Suffolk Technologies to address the construction industry's severe skilled labor shortage.
Unite.AI · Jun 22, 2026Skillit Secures Strategic Backing From Construction Giants as AI Moves Into Workforce Infrastructure
Skillit aims to become the underlying digital infrastructure for the physical workforce.
Cybernews · May 27, 2026In Alabama, students are trained for roles that can’t be wiped out by AI
Alabama high school leverages Skillit labor data to recruit students into AI-proof Toyota maintenance roles.
Fortune · May 24, 2026As AI wipes out white-collar jobs, one Alabama high school and Toyota are training students for roles that pay $40 an hour and can’t be automated
Alabama high school leverages Skillit labor data to recruit students into AI-proof Toyota maintenance roles.
VC Wire · May 21, 2026MetaProp, Interview With General Partner Zach Aarons
Alabama high school leverages Skillit labor data to recruit students into AI-proof Toyota maintenance roles.
Arizona Daily Star · May 19, 2026The Hidden Economic Cost of America’s Skilled Trades Shortage
The labor deficit shifts construction risk from capital availability to operational execution, positioning Skillit as essential diagnostic tools.
Washington Morning · May 14, 2026Blackstone COO Jon Gray Sees a Blue-Collar Boom as His Data Center Firm Plans 30,000 New Jobs
As Gray projects a data center-driven blue-collar boom, Skillit provides the infrastructure needed to source and deploy skilled trades at scale.
Noah News · May 14, 2026Blackstone predicts AI-driven surge in blue-collar jobs amid data centre boom
As Gray projects a data center-driven blue-collar boom, Skillit provides the infrastructure needed to source and deploy skilled trades at scale.
Realtor.com · Apr 29, 2026Nearly Half of College Students Would Swap Their Education for a Home if They Could Do It All Again
Fraser highlights survey data showing Gen Z abandoning college debt for high-paying trades to fast-track early homeownership.
Fortune · Dec 5, 2025Construction workers are earning up to 30% more and some are nabbing six-figure salaries in the data center boom
Fortune details six-figure data center trade salaries, citing Skillit’s labor market data on trade wage premiums.
The Epoch Times · Oct 26, 2025‘Showing Up in Droves’ — Gen Z Trades Graduation Caps for Hard Hats
The Epoch Times spotlights Gen Z’s surge into construction, citing Skillit on data showing younger workers migrating into the trades.
Raw Story · Oct 6, 2025‘It’s a talent tax’: AI CEOs fear demise as they accuse Trump of launching ‘labor war’
Raw Story details AI visa fee battles, reinforcing Skillit's focus on unlocking domestic trade labor infrastructure.
HousingWire | The Builder's Daily · Sep 25, 2025Sorry, Robots — Humans Are Still The Future Of Homebuilding
Fraser notes that construction robotics won't fix near-term housing bottlenecks, making human craft labor irreplaceable for physical delivery.
For Construction Pros · Aug 22, 2025Skilled Trades Are the Ultimate ‘Remote-Proof’, AI-Resistant Career Path
Fraser highlights an economic inversion: as AI automates desk roles, craft labor gains leverage, making Skillit essential for routing skilled trades.