# Energy & Infrastructure Counsel

**Company:** [xAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/xai)
**Location:** Austin, TX, Memphis, TN, Palo Alto, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $200k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** commercial contracting, infrastructure projects, power purchase agreements, real estate transactions, project finance, regulatory matters, construction contracts, Negotiation, legal research
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Provide legal support for large-scale infrastructure transactions and development projects, including negotiating power contracts, construction agreements, real estate deals, and financing structures for hyperscale data centers and GPU clusters. Requires 5+ years legal experience focused on infrastructure, JD, and in-office commitment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead negotiation and structuring of development deals, real estate transactions, capital equipment purchases, hardware and raw material procurement, and much more.
- Negotiate and manage power-related contracts: interconnection agreements, electricity service agreements, solar project deployments, sustainable storage system transactions, power purchase agreements (PPAs), behind-the-meter generation structures, gas supply / transport, water rights, and ERCOT/regulatory matters critical to hyperscale data center deployments.
- Draft, review, and negotiate construction contracts, engineering services for design-build, and related project documents for facilities involving insane amounts of power, absurd cooling systems, and advanced cabling and fiber get-ups, all in support of the world’s largest integrated GPU clusters.
- Support financing structures, tax incentives, complex lease arrangements, permitting activities, easement and land use transactions, and project finance elements that enable multi-billion-dollar-scale infrastructure investments.
- Partner closely with engineering, security, procurement, business development, and finance teams to align legal terms with technical and commercial requirements.
- Coordinate effectively with specialized outside counsel on complex matters while maintaining in-house strategic oversight and risk judgment.
- Contribute to broader initiatives as our data center footprint grows.
- Be extremely versatile, highly responsive, ability to roll your sleeves up and pitch in for anything and everything needed, even if it’s unfamiliar or not in your lane.

## Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of legal experience–ideally through a combination of experience at innovative technology or development companies, and/or excellent law firms.
- Deep experience in commercial contracting, with a focus on large scale infrastructure projects.
- Proven track record of effectively managing a heavy workload and ability to prioritize to close transactions according to aggressive business timelines.
- Tech-savvy with an understanding or interest in datacenters, power, and emerging AI technologies.
- Have a strong sense of ownership and accountability, be inquisitive and enthusiastic about technology, enjoy being continually challenged, and can demonstrate sound judgment in high-stakes and ambiguous situations.
- Creative, solution-oriented problem solver.
- JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. state.
- Commitment to being in-office 5 days/week.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary: $200,000 - $230,000 USD.
- Total rewards package also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

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