EXCLUSIVE — Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook and Instagram, announced Wednesday morning that it is entering into a first‑of‑its‑kind national partnership with North America’s Building Trades Unions, which represents 3 million construction workers. Now, the future of Meta’s AI data centers is tied to the men and women who build them.

This very unique moment is the culmination of the relationship between NABTU president Sean McGarvey and Meta president Dina Powell McCormick, the wife of Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA). McGarvey has spent much of his storied career earning long‑term labor commitments for his members. Powell McCormick framed the deal not as a one‑off construction contract, but as a long‑term commitment to the skilled trades.