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Designing and Maintaining 21st Century Electrical Systems

Affiliated Jacksonville Electrical Contractors not only maintain electrical systems and wiring, we desgin them Our contractors are skilled trade’s people and are experts in the design, implementation, and installation of the electrical and energy management systems and are regarded by the industry as highly trained professionals. You can be assured of absolutely sound engineering... more ...

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A common, prevailing notion in the Florida construction industry is that it costs more to work with organized electricians or electrical contractors. Jacksonville's customers and business owners are increasingly recognizing this as a myth. Sure, you can always go the lowest dollar on anything in life. However, it is also always true that you get what you pay for. Going for the lowest... more ...

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Shifting Politics Scramble AI push

https://commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/shifting-politics-around-data-centers-scramble-healey-ai-push/

Lowell City Council voted 10 to 0 for a one-year data center moratorium after IBEW members and neighbors clashed over a Markley expansion, illustrating the broader political squeeze facing Gov. Healey as consumer anger over high energy costs collides with her AI driven economic agenda and a stalled data center tax exemption that remains unfinalized 16 months after she signed it into law.

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Tax Exemption Debate Heats Up

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/virginia-debates-data-center-tax-exemption-march-3-2026

Virginia lawmakers are divided over whether to eliminate a data center sales tax exemption that cost the state an estimated $1.9 billion last fiscal year, with teachers and fiscal advocates calling for repeal while IBEW Local 26 and other trades unions rallied to preserve the incentive they say drives well paying union construction jobs in the Commonwealth.

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County Projects Draw Packed Crowd, Opposition at Planning Meeting

https://www.firstalert4.com/2026/03/18/franklin-county-data-center-projects-draw-packed-crowd-opposition-planning-meeting/

Hundreds of Franklin County, Missouri residents filled a high school gymnasium to oppose rezoning agricultural land for two proposed data center campuses, with local trades union representatives countering that the projects would bring thousands of union jobs paying over $100,000 a year while a planning commission recommendation still awaits final county commission approval.

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Packed Turnout as Local Re-launches Retirees Group

https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/03/packed-turnout-as-ibew-local-48-re-launches-its-retirees-group/

More than 90 retired members and spouses turned out for the first meeting of a revived IBEW Local 48 retirees group in Portland, a decade after the program went dormant, generating nearly 50 ideas for activities ranging from volunteer work and tool donations to new apprentices to regular social meetups across the metro area.

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IBEW Weighs in on Senate Race

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/politics/2026/03/09/union-asks-washington-democrats-to-stop-promoting-mills-over-platner-in-maine-senate-race

IBEW International Vice President Michael Monahan urges Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to stop promoting Gov. Janet Mills over Graham Platner in Maine Senate primary, citing Mills' fraught labor record

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The Former Coal Miner in the Middle of the Data Center Boom

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/business/nscale-ai-data-center-boom.html

Profile of Nscale founder Josh Payne, Australian former coal miner who raised $2 billion at $14.6B valuation for AI data center company, with Sheryl Sandberg joining board amid infrastructure boom

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