BuildNow provides a practical six-week data-center training program for builders, operators, and leaders, which also includes transitioning service members and military spouses.
This strategic partnership links transitioning service members and veterans with fast-paced, practical training and essential roles in the data center field.
Partnering with Semper Forward lets us reach more of these men and women and give them a clear, accelerated path into careers where their experience is an immediate asset”— Dave KurtzGREEN BAY, WI, UNITED STATES, August 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Semper Forward, a Division of Fastport, an organization focused on linking transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses to meaningful civilian careers, today declared a strategic alliance with BuildNow, a workforce development platform that creates the talent pipeline for the data center industry, to guide veterans into accelerated technical training and mission-critical jobs.
With artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital infrastructure expanding across the country, the data center sector is experiencing swift growth to sustain healthcare, communications, finance, manufacturing, and national security. The need for skilled technicians, operators, electricians, and project managers is rising more quickly than conventional workforce pipelines can supply.
Simultaneously, over 200,000 military personnel leave active duty annually, possessing the discipline, technical skills, leadership abilities, and mission-driven mindset that these settings require, yet frequently lacking a straightforward route to apply those capabilities to sought-after civilian positions. Veterans constitute a demonstrated talent source ideally suited to help bridge this labor shortfall while bolstering the infrastructure that underpins America’s digital economy.
This collaboration links these two demands. By combining Semper Forward’s network of military talent with BuildNow’s fast-paced, practical training approach, the alliance enables veterans to progress from transition to a technically skilled, job-ready career in just weeks, while providing data center employers with a consistent supply of dependable, mission-focused workers.
Under this partnership, Semper Forward will link transitioning service members and veterans to BuildNow’s career tracks — Operations (Mechanical & Electrical), Delivery (Electrical), Operations (IT), and Data Center Project Manager. BuildNow provides in-depth, lab-oriented training via its partner ForgeNow, a SkillBridge-approved provider, making candidates job-ready in roughly six to eight weeks without needing any prior industry experience. Counselors assist veterans in selecting the appropriate track, converting military background into industrial competencies, utilizing applicable GI Bill® and SkillBridge
