



Data centre boom brightens engineering job prospects—100,000 new jobs likely
about 20% of all engineers, or about 300,000 of them, graduating in India have core IT skills to get employment each year. With recruitment in IT firms slowing, the rise of data-driven engineering jobs across data centres could plug some of this gap.Analysts largely concur with this assessment.“India’s data centres are significantly adding value-added cloud services, which is the core area for them to generate additional revenue.
As demand for such independent cloud operations increase from small businesses and startups alike, more data centre operators are likely to set-up tech services and create more jobs,” said Sanchit Vir Gogia, founder and chief analyst of tech consultancy firm, Greyhound Research.And unlike traditional IT services hiring cycles, data centres would typically require a steady workforce of engineers for operations, networking and cloud infrastructure, boding well for employment if the data centres do come up as planned.The rise of engineering jobs will come even for diploma holders, some believe.One such is Bimal Khandelwal, chief executive of Singapore Technologies Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT-GDC), who told Mint that the firm generates significant engineering jobs for networking and maintenance roles across its increasing footprint of data centres across India.“The jobs generation will not be in the thousands, but with increasing capacities, we expect to employ hundreds of engineers in core areas, which can also help skill these engineers for larger roles,” Khandelwal added.Catch all the Business News , Corporate news , Breaking News Events and Latest News Updates on Live Mint. Download The Mint News App to get Daily Market Updates.
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