Advice and input

[u/ccarver95]

Hey everyone, I could use some good advice. I'm a commercial HVAC tech in the Virginia Beach VA area almost for 4 years with a bachelor's in Applied Management. A few months back I received an offer for a commissioning position for Daikin at a data center up in Manassas. I ended up turning it down because I'd be away for 2 weeks and back home for 2 weeks. I had a recent conversation with someone who was a project manager for a data center I believe for Microsoft and he mentioned a schedule from Monday-thursday which would be more doable. I can for sure see myself working at datacenters, to me it sounds fun and something I'd like to go after. My goal is to eventually grow in to a construction coordinator role to a management role.

Questions that I have:

Are there data centers around the Richmond area or slightly into north Carolina that anyone knows of? I've googled it and it says yes, but I just haven't seen any actual positions.

Is that Monday-thursday schedule really a thing for roles I'd probably qualify for

What kind of roles should I consider, I've thought of tech roles.

What are the benefits like

What companies to consider and where to apply

What is career progression like. Should a HVAC tech wanting to do construction management for data centers a good idea or should I consider another route of progression and what would those be?

Any pros and cons or what's y'all's favorite and least favorite things about datacenter work?

Issues I have

The whole 2 week on and 2 week off situation. We don't have kids, but eventually want kids and I don't want to be in a position where I'm away for that long. Unless I could bring them with me during the time. But even that sounds difficult too with kids.

In advance, I appreciate the time everyone will take to read this and respond.

[u/randomqwerty10]

Richmond area has a large data center footprint. QTS, Meta, Chirisa Technology Park to name a few.