Cruitfly staffs the specialty trades a data center campus needs around the electrical work: asbestos abatement and demolition to clear the site, scaffold carpenters, mechanical insulators for chilled-water and power plant piping, fireproofers and coatings applicators, and shutdown crews once an on-site power plant is running. Cruitfly does not supply electricians. Every worker is a W2 Cruitfly employee covered by Cruitfly's workers' compensation, and typical fill time is 48 to 72 hours.
The electricians get the headlines on data center projects. The schedule also depends on the crews who clear the site before grading, give every trade safe access, insulate miles of cooling pipe and protect the steel. Those are the trades Cruitfly staffs.
We track major data center projects as they are announced and update each row when the general contractor, tenant or schedule changes. "Not yet announced" means exactly that: the information is not public yet. A project on this list is one Cruitfly is following, not one Cruitfly is working on.
Last updated: October 13, 2026
| Project | Location | Developer | General contractor | Status | Construction start | Size | Cruitfly trades |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misty Hollow Energy & Data Campus | Forward Township, Butler County, PA | 614 Prospect Road LLC, with GridSwitch Asset Management Services | Not yet announced | Preliminary plan tabled by the planning commission on October 1, 2026; back on the agenda October 22 | Estimated fall 2027 | 1,000,000 sq ft data center, 300 MW on-site power, 274 acres | Abatement and demolition, scaffolding, mechanical insulation, fireproofing, coatings |
A data center campus needs abatement and demolition crews to clear the site, scaffold carpenters for access, mechanical insulators for the cooling and power plant piping, fireproofers for the structural steel, coatings applicators for floors and tanks, and shutdown crews for an on-site power plant once it runs.
| Campus phase | Cruitfly trade | Why it matters on a data center |
|---|---|---|
| Site clearing: old farm buildings, barns, houses | Asbestos abatement and demolition | Older structures are inspected for asbestos before they come down, and any regulated asbestos is removed by licensed workers first. This is often the first work on site, sometimes before a general contractor is named. |
| Brownfield or former industrial land | Environmental remediation | Old fuel tanks, drums and contaminated soil have to be cleared before grading. |
| Data halls, generator buildings, tanks | Scaffold carpenters | Tall halls, generation buildings and wastewater tanks all need safe access scaffolding. |
| Closed-loop cooling: chilled-water piping | Mechanical insulators | Chilled-water pipe has to be insulated to stop condensation, and a campus runs a great deal of it. |
| On-site power plant | Mechanical insulators | High-temperature exhaust and process piping needs insulation too. |
| Structural steel | Fireproofers | Large steel structures often need spray-applied fireproofing to meet their fire-resistance ratings. |
| Floors, tanks, steel, wastewater basins | Coatings applicators | Epoxy floors, tank linings and protective coatings on steel. |
| After the campus is running | Shutdown and outage crews | An on-site power plant needs scheduled maintenance outages, which brings recurring work for years. |
Site clearing comes first, then access and the building shell, then the mechanical and protective trades, and the shutdown work comes after the campus opens.
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Cruitfly staffs data center work the same way it staffs any large industrial job: W2 workers on its own payroll, verified certifications, and crews that scale in stages. Recent work that maps directly to a data center campus:
Most Cruitfly workers carry OSHA 10, especially when the client requests it. Background checks and drug screening run through DISA and CCS programs, and Cruitfly has staffed long-term contracts at plants that require TWIC cards. The compliance page sets out who carries what.
No. Cruitfly staffs the specialty trades around the electrical scope: asbestos abatement, demolition, environmental remediation, scaffolding, mechanical insulation, fireproofing and coatings.
Asbestos abatement and demolition workers for site clearing, environmental remediation crews, scaffold carpenters and helpers, mechanical insulators, fireproofers, coatings applicators, and shutdown crews for on-site power plants.
Typical fill time is 48 to 72 hours. Site-specific clearances and orientation can take longer, so the earlier we have the scope and the site requirements, the more of the crew we can clear before day one.
Yes. Cruitfly built an 86-person, local-majority demolition and abatement workforce for a project in Georgia that ran more than ten months, in a market where it started with almost no existing workers.
Yes. Cruitfly filled 8 abatement roles at a military installation in three business days, every worker a US citizen with a clean background check, and has staffed long-term contracts at plants that require TWIC cards.
Every worker is a W2 Cruitfly employee, not a 1099 contractor, and is covered by Cruitfly's workers' compensation.
Major data center projects announced in public sources, starting in Pennsylvania. Each row is updated when the general contractor, tenant or schedule is announced. A tracked project is one Cruitfly is following, not one it is working on.
Tell us the project, the trades and the start date, and we will tell you what we can staff before the schedule tightens. Request a crew or call 317-426-7703.
Need a certified crew on site? Tell us the project, the start date and the certifications you need. Typical fill is 48 to 72 hours, and every worker is a W2 Cruitfly employee covered by our workers' compensation. Prefer to talk? Call 317-426-7703.