There are both practical and political merits to seriously tackling workforce constraints in the context of the data center convo, not to mention serious knock-on benefits for a myriad of other industries as the US seeks to build out the grid and much more.
Meta coming in at this scale to invest in the local skilled trades pipeline is both practically necessary and politically shrewd. Often lost amid the abstract debates, but buildout only happens with the workforce to sustain it. Win-win-win for industry, workers, and communities.