VP Energy & Power Infrastructure

Vice President, Power & Energy

Location: Flexible – North America or Europe

We are partnering with a confidential AI infrastructure platform building the next generation of industrial-scale AI factories. Power is the foundational layer of the company's strategy, and this role will be instrumental in enabling multi-gigawatt infrastructure deployment globally.

This is not a traditional data center operations, facilities, sustainability, or energy procurement role. It is a senior infrastructure leadership position responsible for securing and scaling power capacity across a global AI infrastructure platform.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company's long-term global power and energy strategy.

• Build and manage a multi-gigawatt power capacity roadmap supporting AI infrastructure expansion.

• Evaluate new markets based on power availability, infrastructure readiness, and economics.

• Establish and maintain relationships with utilities, transmission operators, ISOs, and regulatory bodies.

• Lead grid access, interconnection, and power delivery strategies.

• Negotiate utility agreements and capacity solutions.

• Support powered land acquisition, site selection, and campus activation activities.

• Assess infrastructure constraints, transmission availability, and power timelines.

• Partner with development and real estate teams to optimize location decisions.

• Lead energy procurement and generation partnership strategies.

• Evaluate PPAs, behind-the-meter generation, microgrids, energy storage, and alternative power solutions.

• Develop resilient and scalable energy solutions for high-density AI compute environments.

• Collaborate with engineering, finance, legal, real estate, and development teams.

• Support investment decisions, infrastructure economics, and project risk assessments.

• Represent the company externally with utilities, governments, regulators, investors, and strategic partners.

Requirements

• 15 years of experience in power, energy, or infrastructure strategy.

• Direct experience with data centers, hyperscale infrastructure, AI infrastructure, digital infrastructure, or large industrial power users.

• Demonstrated track record securing hundreds of MWs to multiple GWs of capacity.

• Deep understanding of grid access, interconnection, transmission, and power delivery pathways.

• Experience negotiating with utilities and managing strategic energy relationships.

• Strong knowledge of energy procurement, PPAs, and infrastructure economics.

• Experience supporting powered land development, site selection, and campus activation.

• Ability to operate across both strategy and execution.

• Strong executive presence with experience engaging senior stakeholders.

• Experience working with investors, governments, regulators, and strategic partners.

Preferred Experience

• Global or multi-regional experience, particularly across North America and Europe.

• Background with hyperscalers or leading digital infrastructure platforms.

• Experience with generation partnerships, energy storage, and behind-the-meter solutions.

• Exposure to infrastructure investment, project finance, and large-scale development programs.

Target Backgrounds

Hyperscalers

• Google

• Microsoft

• Meta

• AWS

• Oracle

Digital Infrastructure Platforms

• CyrusOne

• NTT Global Data Centers

• Vantage Data Centers

• QTS

• Digital Realty

• Equinix

• Stack Infrastructure

• Compass Datacenters

• Aligned

• EdgeCore

• CloudHQ

Utilities and Energy Infrastructure

• NextEra Energy

• Duke Energy

• Southern Company

• Constellation

• Invenergy

• AES

• Brookfield Renewable

• National Grid

• EDF

• RWE

• Engie

• Iberdrola

• Enel

The ideal candidate understands that power is the critical constraint and strategic advantage in AI infrastructure and brings a combination of deep power and grid expertise, hyperscale infrastructure judgment, commercial capability, and the ability to integrate power, land, capital, and compute into a unified infrastructure strategy. This is a confidential search for a transformative leadership opportunity at the forefront of next-generation AI infrastructure development.