Data Center Energy Lead, EMEA
Leads power procurement, utility relationships, and regulatory strategy to secure large-scale energy capacity for AI data-center infrastructure across European markets. The role requires 15+ years of experience in energy markets and infrastructure, including experience securing 100+ MW and navigating complex grid connections.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Develop energy deployment strategies, including grid-connected and behind-the-meter solutions, to accelerate energization timelines while maintaining social license.
- Lead energy procurement and markets strategy for multi-hundred-megawatt capacity across EU wholesale electricity markets and national capacity mechanisms.
- Structure utility partnerships and commercial agreements that prioritize speed to energization and scale.
- Manage relationships with TSOs, DSOs, national regulators, ACER, policymakers, and critical equipment vendors across European jurisdictions.
- Drive energy markets and policy strategy for AI compute facilities, monitoring EU and national grid regulations and addressing grid-capacity constraints.
- Partner with engineering and delivery teams to align capacity procurement with project timelines.
- Develop market intelligence on power availability, transmission constraints, and connection queues to inform site selection and deployment.
- Structure PPAs, network-use-of-system arrangements, and behind-the-meter solutions to mitigate grid-capacity risks.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in energy procurement, utility development, or power markets for large-scale infrastructure projects.
- Deep expertise in EU electricity markets, including day-ahead, intraday, and balancing markets; national capacity mechanisms; network connections; and transmission planning.
- Experience securing 100+ MW of power capacity and navigating European network connection agreements, PPAs, or other offtake structures.
- Proficiency analyzing energy markets, regulatory frameworks, and grid constraints.
- Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills, including translating complex grid and regulatory topics into actionable strategies.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in a relevant field.
Nice-to-haves
- Energy procurement experience for data centers, high-performance computing, or AI/ML infrastructure.
- Familiarity with hyperscale infrastructure and large-scale AI training and inference power demands.
- Experience with regulatory affairs, energy-policy advocacy, and engagement with European energy institutions.
- Background in transmission planning, grid-connection studies, grid-code compliance, or grid-capacity analysis.
- Understanding of battery energy storage systems, demand response, virtual power plants, and distributed energy resources.
- Track record of overcoming grid constraints and compressed timelines in competitive European power markets.
Skills
Energy Procurement, Eu Electricity Markets, Power Markets, Wholesale Electricity Markets, Capacity Mechanisms, Power Purchase Agreements, Grid Connections, Transmission Planning, Network Codes, Grid Codes, Regulatory Affairs, Stakeholder Management, Battery Energy Storage Systems, Demand Response, Virtual Power Plants
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