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Originally Posted by combusean
As somebody who has done extensive work around a Las Vegas datacenter from Palo Alto, the bulk of the on-site work does not make for a super high quality job at the end of the day. There would likely be some higher paid specialists like in networking and managers but most of the workers would be fairly low level/blue-collar on the tech totem pole as they rack/stack/troubleshoot/swap out/decommission hardware.
It's a job at the end of the day and working for Apple or MS fulltime (if they're contractors it's a totally different story) would be the best you could do in the field but it's all largely in line with Phoenix's traditional role as the backoffice for West coast corporations but gobble up more land and power.
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Yeah - depends on the datacenter. If its owned by a company - like these - you typically have direct employees working there. If its a multi-tenancy situation - you usually wind up with very few direct employees of the owner (say 20 - enough to keep the lights on) - and then the tenants use contractors/remote-hands or their own employees to deal with things.
I’ve also seen scenarios where company owned data centers result in onsite software engineers over time - at least locally here in a few scenarios. Companies with remote employees in the region may allow work on site if they have room available. Will keep an eye on out the job postings for these centers - curious as to how specialized they want people - especially if this is for Azure/Xbox Live. Not likely any real engineering jobs - but maybe something a little more.