Book on Data Center Careers Updated for 2025
The best-selling book “Jumpstart Your Career in Data Centers” has been updated for 2025; the updated edition is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The listing on Amazon describes the book as “your golden opportunity to dive into the thriving data center industry, where an estimated 500,000 jobs are waiting to be filled by tradespersons, degreed personnel, apprentices, and pre-apprentices.”
Particular updates for 2025 include detailed information on artificial intelligence (AI). The book has “a fresh focus on cutting-edge topics … exploring how data centers work, and how you can work within the industry.
“Updated for 2025, it dives into AI as an operator and end-user. Whether you’re exploring trades or pursuing degrees and certifications, this book provides the basics to understand how all the pieces—power, cooling, and smart technology—work together to keep our digital world running.”
Author Carrie Goetz points out the book delivers practical, real-world information on the “who, what, when, where, why, how” of these careers.
- Who can seize these opportunities
- What a data center is and how it keeps our digital infrastructure working
- Where to find scholarships, trade support, and other resources
- When you can begin a data center career
- Why this industry matters and why joining it offers lucrative potential
- How to pinpoint your ideal career path
Goetz, principal and chief technical officer of StrategITcom, brings the perspective of more than 40 years’ experience designing, running, and auditing data centers and IT departments. She published the first edition of this book in 2022.
You can find more information and purchase the book from Amazon here and from Barnes & Noble here.