VP Energy – Data Centers

The AI buildout runs on power. Someone has to secure it.

Hyperscale and neocloud operators are racing to get capacity online. The bottleneck isn’t land, it isn’t capital, and it isn’t permits. It’s power. Specifically, it’s the ability to navigate utility relationships, move interconnection agreements forward, and structure the energy deals that turn a development site into an operating data center.

Our client is scaling a multi-billion dollar data center development pipeline across the US and they need someone who has done this before, at serious scale.

The VP or Director of Utility and Power Partnerships will own the full utility relationship across active development sites. That means managing large-load tariff negotiations, leading PPA origination and structuring, working directly with transmission and substation teams, and building executive-level utility contacts that actually move timelines. You’ll also shape strategy around which utilities to target and why, and advise on alternative power delivery approaches that accelerate time-to-power at priority sites.

The experience that matters here:

You’ve spent a significant part of your career in data center energy, whether on the developer side at a hyperscaler or neocloud operator, in senior energy procurement or origination, or in utility-facing roles where large-load customers were your world. You understand how RTOs and ISOs work, you’ve structured complex PPAs, and you’ve navigated the regulatory and governmental affairs landscape that surrounds major power delivery projects.

Ten or more years of relevant experience required.

If you’ve been the person making gigawatt-scale power delivery happen for data center development, apply today to find out more.