While everyone is staring at the prompt engineers, Jensen Huang is watching the plumbers—because someone has to build the data centers worth seventy trillion.

Jensen Huang told the 2026 graduates at Carnegie Mellon that the prospects for technicians such as electricians and plumbers are better than most computer science majors. Randstad states that demand for technicians is growing three times faster than white-collar jobs, with a 107% increase in robotics technicians; Stanford research shows that early employment in AI-related positions has decreased by 16%. Top electricians earn over $106k annually without the burden of a degree. Tech companies are investing about $700 billion in building data centers this year, with global investments expected to reach $7 trillion by 2030. The manufacturing industry still faces labor shortages; for every 100 new workers, 102 leave. The biggest winners in the AI era are technicians who can build data centers, not prompt engineers.