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Lucinda Garbutt-Young

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Union warns data centres poaching tradies from housing - The Untold Story

Data centre developers are able to pay more and lure young employees from other industries. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's housing industry is at risk of hemorrhaging electricians to data centre developers if better pay and training conditions are not provided, a union official has warned.

Appearing before a productivity inquiry, Electrical Trades Union Secretary Michael Wright said about 10 per cent of the industry was working in the construction of data centres, up from zero a few years ago.

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