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Designing and Maintaining 21st Century Electrical Systems

Affiliated Jacksonville Electrical Contractors not only maintain electrical systems and wiring, we desgin them Our contractors are skilled trade’s people and are experts in the design, implementation, and installation of the electrical and energy management systems and are regarded by the industry as highly trained professionals. You can be assured of absolutely sound engineering... more ...

Pres Cooper The IBEW Is Wired for Change

Meet The Jacksonville Electricians

A common, prevailing notion in the Florida construction industry is that it costs more to work with organized electricians or electrical contractors. Jacksonville's customers and business owners are increasingly recognizing this as a myth. Sure, you can always go the lowest dollar on anything in life. However, it is also always true that you get what you pay for. Going for the lowest... more ...

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Senators Collins, Reed Honored by EEI, IBEW

https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senators-collins-reed-honored-by-edison-electric-institute-international-brotherhood-of-electrical-workers

EEI and IBEW presented Senators Susan Collins and Jack Reed with the John D. Dingell Award for their sustained bipartisan support of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, with Collins securing a $20 million funding increase to bring total LIHEAP funding to $4 billion in FY2026.

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Local Plans New Hall

https://biztimes.com/ibew-plans-new-union-hall-in-mount-pleasant/

IBEW Local 430 has filed plans to build an 11,500 square foot union hall in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin to replace its current facility in Racine, serving approximately 150 members as both a business office and meeting hall.

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OpenAI Bets on Union Labor to Scale AI Infrastructure

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/11/openai-building-trades-union-data-centers

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a formal partnership with North America Building Trades Unions at a BlackRock infrastructure summit, committing $1.5 million over five years to support NABTU training and recruitment as the company projects it will need 20 percent more skilled tradespeople than currently exist to hit its 10 gigawatt compute target by 2030.

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IBEW Addresses Misconceptions About Proposed Data Centers

https://www.kwch.com/2026/03/14/electricians-union-addresses-misconceptions-about-proposed-sedgwick-county-data-centers/

IBEW Local 271 Business Manager Jeimeson Saudino pushed back against claims circulating at a packed Sedgwick County town hall, saying modern data centers use closed loop cooling systems rather than millions of gallons of water daily and pointing to projects in Oklahoma and Kansas where data center development reduced local property taxes.

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Shifting Politics Scramble AI push

https://commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/shifting-politics-around-data-centers-scramble-healey-ai-push/

Lowell City Council voted 10 to 0 for a one-year data center moratorium after IBEW members and neighbors clashed over a Markley expansion, illustrating the broader political squeeze facing Gov. Healey as consumer anger over high energy costs collides with her AI driven economic agenda and a stalled data center tax exemption that remains unfinalized 16 months after she signed it into law.

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Tax Exemption Debate Heats Up

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/virginia-debates-data-center-tax-exemption-march-3-2026

Virginia lawmakers are divided over whether to eliminate a data center sales tax exemption that cost the state an estimated $1.9 billion last fiscal year, with teachers and fiscal advocates calling for repeal while IBEW Local 26 and other trades unions rallied to preserve the incentive they say drives well paying union construction jobs in the Commonwealth.

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