If you have fleet experience in the Navy’s nuclear program, data centers are probably the single best post-Navy career option for you. The quality of life, money, career advancement opportunities, and job security are better than the civilian nuclear industry which used to be one of the best career paths until a few years ago.
Here’s why:
✅ Great total comp, starting above $100k and with a few years of experience often above $250k. Click here for a spreadsheet of self-submitted former nuke data center salaries.
✅ Nukes already have the skills, and companies know it. They want to hire you! Do you have experience operating and doing maintenance on critical systems? Yes. Do you have a technical background? Yes. Can you learn quickly? Yes.
✅ Red hot market. The AI boom has caused data center demand to explode. This translates to lots of demand for data center employees, lots of opportunities to move up fast, and amazing job security. Job openings>>qualified employees.
✅ Quality of life is amazing. Even if you don’t end up working for Meta/Facebook or Google with their famously awesome perks, all of the other players have compete for skilled employees (aka you) with Meta/Google. There’s no deployment, no yelling, OT if you have to work late, and more. Life is good.
✅ Data centers are everywhere. The AI boom has caused data center demand to explode. This translates to lots of demand for data center employees, lots of opportunities to move up fast, and amazing job security. Job openings>>qualified employees.
✅ Built in community and network. Every data center has at least a few former nukes working there. This means a professional network who will help you out. It’s not only what you know, it’s also who you know. Luckily, this website tries to make the who part a bit easier easier. How about joining the Data Center Nukes LinkedIn group?