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NOVA Students Get Path to IT, Data Center Careers

Wednesday, February 15, 2023   (0 Comments)

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Students at Northern Virginia Community College’s Loudoun Campus got a look at internships and careers in IT and data centers as AFCOM Potomac kicked off its 2023 internship program Feb. 13.

AFCOM is a professional association for career advancement of IT and data center professionals, according to a press release. The internship program is centered around building the data center industry by offering scholarships to students at NOVA as well as offering summer internships that lead to jobs.

First Vice President of CBRE and AFCOM Potomac board member Stuart Dyer presented the CBRE Data Center Market Intelligence Report and gave the gathering of students and professionals a look at how the market is going to grow over the next 10 years and the critical need for the data center workforce to grow with it.

 

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