Data Center Staffing in Seattle

Seattle occupies a unique position in the data center industry as the home base for two of the three largest cloud computing companies in the world -- Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. While the massive hyperscale data center campuses for these companies are primarily located in Eastern Washington, Central Oregon, and other markets, Seattle and the Puget Sound region maintain significant data center operations focused on edge computing, disaster recovery, network interconnection, and proximity to corporate engineering teams.

The greater Seattle market benefits from Washington State's abundant hydroelectric power, which provides some of the lowest and cleanest electricity in the nation. Quincy, Moses Lake, and other Eastern Washington locations host enormous data center campuses, but the Seattle metro itself -- including Tukwila, Renton, and Westin Building Exchange -- serves as a critical interconnection and peering hub for the Pacific Northwest. The Westin Building is one of the premier carrier hotels on the West Coast, connecting dozens of networks and enabling efficient data exchange across the region.

Seattle's data center workforce is among the most technically sophisticated in the country, drawing from the broader tech talent ecosystem that supports Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and thousands of technology startups. However, the operational talent needed to maintain physical infrastructure -- electricians, mechanical technicians, commissioning agents, and construction managers -- is in especially short supply due to competition from these same tech employers. Data Center TALNT specializes in sourcing these critical operational and construction roles for Seattle-area employers.