Data Center Site Selection Jobs

About the Team OpenAI’s Industrial Compute organization is building and operating the infrastructure required to support frontier AI at unprecedented scale. The organization works across data center development, power, design and construction, hardware, supply chain, deployment, facilities operations, and external partnerships. As this infrastructure footprint grows, OpenAI must ensure that sustainability, operational reliability, and responsible development are incorporated into infrastructure decisions from the beginning rather than addressed as separate downstream initiatives. About the Role We are seeking an Infrastructure Operations & Sustainability Lead to develop and execute the sustainability strategy for OpenAI’s global infrastructure portfolio. This role will translate environmental priorities and external commitments into practical operating requirements across site selection, data center design, construction, equipment procurement, deployment, and ongoing operations. You will build the frameworks, metrics, governance, and cross-functional programs required to improve environmental performance while preserving the speed, reliability, and scalability demanded by OpenAI’s infrastructure roadmap. The role will partner closely with infrastructure operations, site development, engineering, construction, power, hardware, supply chain, finance, legal, public policy, government affairs, communications, and external infrastructure partners. This is a senior leadership role requiring infrastructure fluency, sustainability expertise, executive judgment, and the ability to drive complex initiatives across organizational boundaries. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain a comprehensive sustainability strategy for OpenAI’s global compute infrastructure. Translate sustainability objectives into actionable requirements for site selection, design, construction, procurement, commissioning, and operations. Establish decision frameworks that balance environmental imp

About Yondr Yondr is a disruptor. We challenge convention and simplify complexity. A global developer, owner operator and service provider of data centers, we deliver complex data center capacity needs for the world’s largest tech companies. Our exponential growth sees us looking for extraordinary people to help accelerate us towards our vision: a tomorrow without constraints. But we can’t do this without you. About the Role You will be expected to perform the Design Management function and ensure consistency in the service provided by various vendors and consultants, promoting best practices and continuous improvement with clear, appropriate and timely feedback on the performance of design management. This entails the early site due diligence and master planning which is fundamental to ensuring quality, delivery and evolution of Yondr’s offering to our customers is at market leader level. Ensuring deployment of global standards, processes and technical governance for project delivery and to ensure all site technical developments risks are fully understood and analysed. You will also take an active part in strategic expansion of site selection through technical process development and implement Yondr’s standard design principles, working alongside with our Development team leading the technical elements and continue to design delivery stage and providing design support throughout construction to meet long term targets of Yondr’s portfolio. Another element to focus on would be to assist with pre-qualification, bid and tender documents returns and participate in project meetings ensuring the delivery to client is met with quality while adhering to Yondr’s systems, procedures and culture. Managing the review of the quality and completeness of the design to ascertain its ability to be built in accordance with both the cost plan, schedule and site Health & Safety requirements. Main Responsibilities / Lead and manage the project design

About the Team OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital partners, is embarking on a journey to build the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Industrial Compute team is central to this mission, setting the core infra strategy and implementing this vision. From site selection to the buildout process, this team sits at the intersection of commercial, technical, strategy, and operations, interacting with teams and executives inside and outside of OpenAI. About the Role The Clean Energy and New Technology Lead will own infrastructure clean energy and emerging energy technology strategy and execution, identifying and deploying scalable solutions that enable resilient, low-carbon compute and data center growth. The role will work closely with regulatory and policy teams to align infrastructure expansion with OpenAI’s long-term environmental and operational objectives. This is an individual contributor lead role and does not have direct reports initially. The role will evaluate where emerging energy technologies can materially improve reliability, cost, carbon, speed, or resilience; translate those options into practical deployment pathways; and help ensure OpenAI’s infrastructure growth remains aligned with sustainability considerations. Key Responsibilities Evaluate emerging energy solutions such as clean firm power, advanced storage, grid flexibility, low-carbon backup power, heat reuse, water-related energy efficiency, and other scalable technologies where relevant. Identify pilot opportunities and deployment pathways that can move promising energy technologies from concept to commercially and operationally credible execution. Translate technical options into clear reliability, cost, schedule, carbon, regulatory, and operational implications for infrastructure decision-making. Partner with energy regulatory, policy, procurement, engineering, deployment, finance, legal, and site-readiness teams to align technology and sustainability choices with

About the Team OpenAI is building the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Site Readiness & Development team owns the upstream diligence and development work required to convert powered-land opportunities into executable infrastructure options. About the Role Responsible for validating that proposed sites are buildable, compliant, and cost-effective. You will lead diligence across civil, geotechnical, environmental, and entitlement dimensions, identifying risks and driving mitigation strategies. Key Responsibilities Lead all technical diligence: geotech, soils, title/ALTA surveys, mineral rights, and access. Oversee permitting/entitlement path and schedule governance with agencies. Evaluate generator air permits, wetlands, floodplain, and stormwater constraints. Manage consultants performing feasibility studies and environmental assessments. Deliver go/no-go recommendations with risk and mitigation options. Build diligence templates and playbooks to scale future site reviews. Qualifications 8+ years in land development, civil/environmental engineering, or data center diligence. Knowledge of permitting, entitlements, and AHJ engagement. Strong project management and technical review skills. Experience managing consultants and interpreting complex studies. Regularly communicate site readiness updates, risks, and milestones to executive stakeholders. Establish and track key performance indicators to assess the effectiveness of the site selection program and the contributions of external vendors and partners. About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different

About The Role Together AI is rapidly scaling its compute infrastructure across multiple sites and deployment types. The Associate, Infrastructure Strategy & Operations will be the analytical backbone of the Infrastructure Strategy team, powering the research, benchmarking, and operational analysis across the team's core workstreams, including capacity planning, compute sourcing, vendor evaluation, and site selection. You'll be the person who keeps the team organized and well-informed as infrastructure scales, partnering closely with Infra Eng and Finance to ensure timely, data-backed decisions. Responsibilities Support the Infrastructure Strategy team's planning process by gathering data, running comparisons, and preparing materials and recommendations for leadership reviews. Build internal trackers and dashboards that help the team monitor infrastructure deployments, vendor pipelines, and compute allocations across products and customers Maintain and improve the team's sourcing comparison frameworks across location, vendor, and site evaluation workstreams, in partnership with Finance and Infra Eng. Run analyses to support capacity allocation decisions. Research and evaluate data center sites and energy sourcing options, comparing power availability, connectivity, permitting timelines, deployment readiness, and reliability. Champion process improvements across the Infrastructure Strategy function, collaborating cross-functionally with Engineering, Data, and Finance to design AI-native workflows that streamline operations and automate repetitive analysis. Take on ad hoc analytical projects as priorities evolve, operating with speed and minimal direction. Requirements 3+ years of experience in management consulting, business operations, strategy, or a similar analytically rigorous role. Proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets, familiarity with SQL or data visualization tools, and comfort with AI productivity tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex). Strong quantitative skills

About the Team OpenAI Finance is responsible for ensuring the organization is set up for success in pursuit of its mission. OpenAI’s Tax and Trade team sits at the center of OpenAI’s global growth—shaping how cutting-edge AI products, partnerships, and infrastructure scale across borders while navigating complex tax, trade, and regulatory regimes. We operate as strategic operators, not just compliance experts, embedding early in product, finance, policy, and infrastructure decisions to manage risk, unlock incentives, and enable OpenAI to grow responsibly and competitively worldwide. As OpenAI’s products, monetization models, and global infrastructure expand, our tax systems must scale with the same rigor and reliability as our product architecture. The team partners deeply with Financial Engineering, Product Engineering, and Finance Systems to build a modern tax technology stack that enables accurate, real-time tax determination across OpenAI’s global business. About the Role We're hiring a Director, Tax Infrastructure & Incentives to lead OpenAI's global tax infrastructure strategy supporting AI infrastructure expansion programs. You will own the tax strategy supporting data center development, site selection, infrastructure investments, and government incentive programs across. This role extends far beyond traditional property tax planning and reporting - you will help shape where and how OpenAI invests billions of dollars in AI infrastructure by partnering with executive leadership, infrastructure teams, governments, utilities, and external stakeholders. You will build scalable frameworks for negotiating and managing tax incentives, property tax, indirect tax, and infrastructure-related tax matters while developing repeatable processes that enable OpenAI to expand rapidly across multiple jurisdictions. You will also establish the governance, reporting, and operational infrastructure required to support long-term compliance, financial reporting, and executive

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. Job Title: Senior Program Manager, Data Center Delivery & Site Readiness Location: Austin, TX San Francisco, CA New York, NY About the role We're looking for a Senior Program Manager to own data center delivery and the sourcing work that gets each site ready to operate. You'll take projects from vendor selection and contract negotiation through construction, infrastructure deployment, commissioning, and handover to operations. This role combines tec

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars. SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next. ABOUT THE ROLE: As a member of the facility operations team, you will design, build, and activate some of the world’s most technically advanced facilities and data centers. You will be the subject-matter expert on the maintenance and reliability of critical infrastructure assets. You will have the opportunity to utilize your knowledge, experience, and creativity to develop novel solutions at the cutting edge of space technology. You will work with other facility engineers and internal customers to support these goals and have the opportunity to drive real global impact, ultimately leading to making life multiplanetary. RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible for owning and being the subject matter expert on fluid/HVAC components across the site. Responsible for owning maintenance and reliability of critical infrastructure assets across campus. Commission systems, validate nameplate performance, and implement predictive maintenance protocols to minimize downtime. Equipment selection, sizing, and procurement support. Drive root-cause investigations for any equipment failures and implement corrective actions across the site. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars. SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next. ABOUT THE ROLE: As a member of the facility operations team, you will design, build, and activate some of the world’s most technically advanced facilities and data centers. You will be the subject matter expert on all HVAC, piping, and other critical fluid systems. You will have the opportunity to utilize your knowledge, experience, and creativity to develop novel solutions at the cutting edge of space technology. You will work with other facility engineers and internal customers to support these goals and have the opportunity to drive real global impact, ultimately leading to making life multiplanetary. RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible for owning and being the subject matter expert on fluid/HVAC components across the site. Perform CAD modeling and design of these systems. Perform fluid analyses for pressure balance, component design allowable, and consumables determination. Responsible for owning maintenance and reliability of critical infrastructure assets across campus. Commission systems, validate nameplate performance, and implement predictive maintenance protocols to minimize downtime. Equipment selection, sizing, and procurement support. Drive root-ca

About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. About the role Anthropic is building AI compute at a scale and pace that outruns what off-the-shelf data center equipment was designed for. Much of the power and cooling equipment behind our next campuses — battery energy storage systems (BESS), grid-forming and grid-following inverters, solid-state transformers (SST), E-STATCOM and other power-quality devices, medium-voltage switchgear, UPS, and liquid-cooling systems — is either new to the market, new to the supplier, or being built at a volume the supplier has never shipped before. The NPI Engineer owns the path from "the supplier has a design" to "the equipment is qualified, manufacturable at rate, and running reliably on site." You sit between our electrical and mechanical design teams, our supply chain and quality teams, and the supplier's engineering and factory organizations, and you make sure every new product or major variant clears the gates — EVT, DVT, PVT, FAT, SAT — before it is trusted with production load. This is a hands-on role: you will spend real time on supplier factory floors, in test labs, and at site commissioning. What you'll do Own the NPI program for each new power or cooling product (BESS, inverters, SST, E-STATCOM, MV switchgear, UPS, CDUs, chillers) from concept selection through ramp, including the gate schedule, exit criteria, and risk register. Drive early supplier design engagement: translate our site requirements (fault current, grid interconnection, harmonic and ride-through requirements, thermal envelopes, footprint, serviceability) into product requirements and specifications the supplier can build to, and negotiate trade-offs with their engineeri

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars. SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next. ABOUT THE ROLE: The facilities engineer will be responsible for the design, construction, operations, and maintenance of Critical SpaceXSI facilities and electrical systems. They will participate, coordinate, and execute infrastructure projects as well as oversee ongoing operations and maintenance of facilities, equipment, and utilities. This will involve corrective, preventive and predictive maintenance techniques as well as operational and design feedback for maintaining and improving all systems at SpaceXSI'sSpaceXSI Memphis, TN and Southaven, MS sites. RESPONSIBILITIES: Coordinate all phases of site development projects including coordination with other groups on site to maximize productivity and organize schedules to fit operations Contractor management including request for proposal, specification and selection of supplier Provide technical engineering support/information to ensure construction/maintenance complies with all standards, codes, and specifications Commission, operate and maintain facilities with mechanical and electrical systems Verify maintenance is being completed and coordinate all repair, build, and contingency systems efforts for HVAC, high power,

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars. SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next. ABOUT THE ROLE: The facilities engineer will be responsible for the design, construction, operations, and maintenance of Critical SpaceXSI facilities and HVAC/mechanical systems. They will participate, coordinate, and execute infrastructure projects as well as oversee ongoing operations and maintenance of facilities, equipment, and utilities. This will involve corrective, preventive and predictive maintenance techniques as well as operational and design feedback for maintaining and improving all systems at SpaceXSI's Memphis, TN, and Southaven, MS sites. RESPONSIBILITIES: Coordinate all phases of site development projects including coordination with other groups on site to maximize productivity and organize schedules to fit operations Contractor management including request for proposal, specification and selection of supplier Provide technical engineering support/information to ensure construction/maintenance complies with all standards, codes, and specifications Commission, operate and maintain facilities with mechanical and electrical systems Verify maintenance is being completed and coordinate all repair, build, and contingency systems efforts for HVAC, high power, cr

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars. SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next. ABOUT THE ROLE: The facilities engineer will be responsible for design, construction, operations and maintenance of Critical SpaceXSI facilities and systems. They will participate, coordinate, and execute infrastructure projects as well as oversee ongoing operations and maintenance of facilities, equipment, and utilities. This will involve corrective, preventive and predictive maintenance techniques as well as operational and design feedback for maintaining and improving all systems at SpaceXSI's Memphis, TN and Southaven, MS sites. RESPONSIBILITIES: Coordinate all phases of site development projects including coordination with other groups on site to maximize productivity and organize schedules to fit operations Contractor management including request for proposal, specification and selection of supplier Provide technical engineering support/information to ensure construction/maintenance complies with all standards, codes, and specifications Commission, operate and maintain facilities with mechanical and electrical systems Verify maintenance is being completed and coordinate all repair, build, and contingency systems efforts for HVAC, high power, cranes, facility systems

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars. SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next. ABOUT THE ROLE: Join the High Power Engineering team supporting SpaceXSI to design, build, operate, and maintain electrical infrastructure for AI training campuses. As a Network Engineer on the Battery Storage team, you will work with a small on-site team to scale high-capacity power systems on a schedule set by compute demand. The position is based in Memphis, TN, with potential travel to other sites. RESPONSIBILITIES: Own the operational technology network the storage fleet runs on: packs, inverters, medium-voltage collection, and the plant controller must talk deterministically, redundantly, and securely. Own site network architecture: topology, redundancy, switch selection and configuration, VLAN and subnet design, and IP addressing across the fleet. Own the fiber and copper physical plant: single-mode and multimode runs, splice plans, patch panel layout, labeling, OTDR acceptance testing, and pathway coordination. Own industrial protocol integration across Modbus TCP, DNP3, and IEC 61850 including GOOSE, plus mapping between pack controllers, PCS, plant controller, and EMS. Own precision time distribution using PTP per IEEE 1588 and IRIG-B for sequence-of-events and disturb

About Kasa Kasa is the leading tech-enabled hotel and apartment hotel brand and manager. We partner with owners of multifamily and boutique hospitality properties to deliver stylish, professionally managed accommodations to business and leisure travelers alike. We took the best that hotels and short-term rentals had to offer and created a new class of hospitality that is well-priced, reliable, and offers a large selection of great locations. Unlike traditional hotel operators, we prioritize automation, AI-driven pricing, and data-driven decision-making to optimize revenue and improve guest experiences. Behind the scenes, we build technology that combines with our innovative operations to grow a globally scalable offering that delivers high-quality stays to guests. Our guests enjoy seamless check-ins, caring service, and attractive amenities — and if anything comes up, our on-site and remote guest experience team is available throughout their stay, ensuring our hospitality is rarely seen but always felt. This is a remote position open to candidates based in and authorized to work in the United States. The Role Kasa is seeking a Program Associate to help operationalize the projects that keep our hospitality operations running well and improving. You're a generalist at heart, someone who loves trying new things and learning on the fly, and this role rewards exactly that: you'll flex across a wide range of work, from overhauling an SOP, to project managing a launch alongside the launch team, to helping scope product and tooling improvements with the teams who build them. Change management is at the center of this role. Most of what you deliver will change how a team already works. You'll own the rollout, the adoption, and the follow-through. You'll partner closely with program leads, portfolio teams, and Product. That means reading detailed product specs and user guides, then pulling out what actually matters for each operational role. A Support Specialist and a