Microsoft and Ivy Tech partner to launch data center academy with $1B Indiana facility groundbreaking
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Carole Carlson
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Microsoft and Ivy Tech Community College's Valparaiso campus have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a data center academy program. The program will offer certificates in technical and trade skills, preparing students for jobs at data centers. The agreement was announced on June 17, coinciding with the groundbreaking of a $1 billion Microsoft data center in LaPorte, Indiana. The partnership includes curriculum alignment, workforce training, internships, and experiential learning opportunities.
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· 3 pulledIvy Tech announced the memorandum of understanding with Microsoft on June 17, the same day the city of LaPorte and Microsoft officials held a groundbreaking for a $1 billion data center between Boyd Boulevard and County Road 250.
Under the MOU, Ivy Tech and Microsoft will partner on initiatives such as curriculum alignment, workforce training, internships, experiential learning opportunities.
Microsoft and Ivy Tech's Valparaiso campus have forged an agreement to establish a data center academy program where students can earn certificates for technical and trade skills that lead to jobs at data centers.
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