Government Relations Lead
Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA$215k - $288k + equityFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Lead responsible for Fluidstack's state and local policy agenda related to AI infrastructure, energy, utilities, and permitting; build relationships with policymakers and regulators; translate regulatory complexity into actionable timelines and messaging to keep data center projects moving.
Responsibilities
- Own Fluidstack's state and local policy agenda across AI infrastructure, tax incentives, utilities, resource use, and more.
- Draft and deliver policy materials independently: testimony, regulatory comments, briefing documents, and coalition communications that land with both technical and political audiences.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with state congressional leaders, governor’s offices, state and local regulators, and advocacy groups to ensure Fluidstack’s value proposition and perspective are communicated clearly and consistently.
- Work directly with site development and utilities teams on data center permitting, grid interconnection, and state-level utility approvals, translating regulatory complexity into unblocked timelines.
Qualifications
- Comprehensive understanding of political dynamics surrounding digital infrastructure, energy, land use, water use, and technology regulations in frontier markets
- Experience creating and delivering testimony, regulatory comments, briefing documents, or coalition communications in a fast-paced, future-facing, constantly evolving political landscape.
- Ability to leverage strong existing relationships in relevant policy communities — committee staff or officials, regulators, industry orgs, and advocates for digital infrastructure
- Experience translating complex ideas into straightforward, plain language understandable to diverse stakeholders that results in shifting narratives and mindsets.
Skills
Required:Policy draftingStakeholder relationship managementRegulatory analysis
Last updated Sep 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Fluidstack
Fluidstack builds civilization-scale infrastructure for AI
Fluidstack builds civilization-scale infrastructure for AI, delivering gigawatts of compute in 6 months. We're leading the deployment of Anthropic's $50B compute build out.
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