To meet growing demand and reinforce America’s AI leadership, Oracle is building AI data centers in communities across the United States. But this advanced AI infrastructure isn’t enough on its own. It needs people who have the skills and creativity to tap its full potential. That’s where Oracle Academy—Oracle’s global philanthropic education program—plays a role in states like Texas, New Mexico, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

For nearly 30 years, Oracle Academy has helped schools prepare students for careers in technology. Oracle Academy gives secondary and post-secondary schools and educators teaching and learning resources, including curriculum, cloud technologies, software, and hands-on labs. These resources help educators enrich the learning environment and enable students to gain skills in enterprise technologies widely used in large-scale, data-intensive systems.

AI data centers are complex operations requiring diverse skills and expertise in a variety of fields. Oracle is hiring thousands of skilled employees for permanent roles at its data center locations across the country.

With Oracle Academy, we’re taking a long-term approach to workforce development for AI and technologies intrinsic to data center development, ongoing operations, and maintenance. As we continue to invest in AI infrastructure, Oracle Academy plans to bridge the talent gap with Data Center Technician courses. Designed to fast-track candidates directly into the frontline workforce, this specialized curriculum will benefit students across the country, including those considering future careers in Oracle’s data center communities.

Our footprint is already extensive. In Texas, for example, Oracle Academy already works with more than 130 institutions and nearly 350 faculty members in areas such as computer science, accounting, civil engineering, construction management, and supply chain.

In Michigan and Wisconsin, our partnerships with dozens of institutions help students develop technical and analytical skills associated with modern infrastructure and enterprise systems.

In New Mexico, Oracle Academy works with a broad range of educational institutions, including New Mexico State University and the University of New Mexico, the state’s flagship research institutions.

To meet rising demand, we recently launched courses on AI and machine learning in Java, generative AI workshops, and hands-on analytics and AI labs. Although Oracle software and cloud services are used in courses, the Oracle Academy curricula emphasize broadly applicable skills such as data modeling, cloud architecture, and software development. The programs are designed and updated through collaboration with educators to meet learning objectives aligned to student success goals.

By pairing our investments in AI infrastructure with Oracle Academy programs, Oracle wants to prepare a workforce capable of applying AI to real-world challenges. We’re committed to this work as part of our long-term presence in the communities we invest. And we know that while infrastructure lays the foundation for AI’s potential, a skilled workforce ensures its success.