Briefing
Sourced reads on the market.
Kernavique Research publishes short, sourced pieces on hiring for data center and AI platform teams, and on sourcing domain experts for AI labs. Every figure names its source, the date it was published and the date we read it.
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How AI labs source domain experts
How AI labs source qualified professionals for training and evaluation, what platforms publish on pay, and the UK checks for lawyers, accountants and doctors.
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How to hire a forward deployed engineer
What a forward deployed engineer does, what to screen for, how to interview, where these engineers come from and what employers publish on pay.
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Why commissioning agents are hard to hire
Why data center commissioning agents are scarce, from a long credential path and a small certified pool to record construction, and what hiring teams can do.
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Data center commissioning pay by hub, October 2026
Published pay for data center commissioning engineers, leads and managers in six US hubs, from 15 live job ads that set a range for the hub.
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What a commissioning manager costs, October 2026
Published base salary ranges for US data center commissioning leads and managers, from four live job ads, each with employer, title, location, basis and link.
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How to add AI: build a team, buy a platform or hire experts
The three routes to adding AI to a company, what each needs in people, what those people cost by published source and the most common way it goes wrong.
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Atlanta has overtaken Northern Virginia
Measured by megawatts of data center capacity under construction in the first half of 2026 (CBRE, North America Data Center Trends H1 2026, August 27, 2026). What it means for hiring in both hubs.