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Data Center Site Selection - Hyperscale

Cloudflare· Infrastructure
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA), Hybrid (Austin, TX), Hybrid (Seattle, WA), Hybrid (New York, NY)$166k - $271kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Data Center Site Selection role focusing on MW-scale site sourcing, technical diligence, and end-to-end lease execution for hyperscale data centers, with a hybrid work model and multiple available locations.

Responsibilities

  • Build and run a pipeline of MW-scale sites: developers, landlords, wholesale operators, power developers, utilities
  • Lead technical diligence: power availability and energization, electrical topology and redundancy, rack density and cooling (including liquid), fiber diversity, PUE, geotech, permitting, commissioning evidence, network latency
  • Run the deal from long list through RFP, site visit, LOI, lease or powered-shell, work letter, and signature (campuses, dedicated buildings, dedicated halls, core expansions, BTS)
  • Negotiate NNN / triple-net and the structures next to it (modified gross, FRI, wholesale dedicated-room, powered shell, BTS, sale-leaseback, JV): $/kW-month, NRC/MRC, escalators, PUE, delay credits, SLAs, ramp, expansion rights, ROFR, exit and renewal
  • Keep landlord scope and Cloudflare scope explicit, including power to dedicated PDU and tenant fit-out
  • Build the TCO / cost-per-MW / NPV case and take the capital ask to leadership
  • Work with legal, operations, capacity planning, network strategy, energy, and security on requirements and delivery dates
  • Run QBRs with campus landlords. Represent Cloudflare with landlord executives and at industry events
  • Put MW, rent, passthroughs, NRC, and unit cost into the annual data center budget. Check rent and NNN recovery invoices against the lease
  • Travel as needed (expect ~30%)
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • 10+ years selecting or leasing hyperscale or wholesale data centers, or planning MW-scale infrastructure, at a cloud, internet, content, or colocation company
  • Closed NNN / triple-net leases as tenant or buy-side advisor, or the wholesale equivalents (modified gross, FRI, dedicated-hall, powered shell)
  • Can underwrite $/kW-month or $/MW, escalators, OpEx passthrough, tenant improvement / work letters, TCO, and lease NPV, and take that pack to leadership
  • Has led technical diligence on candidate sites (power, electrical topology, cooling, fiber, PUE, commissioning), not only commercial terms
  • Knows how utility interconnection and substation timelines actually work
  • Can run several site processes at once, across time zones, with incomplete information
  • Has taken a campus or BTS lease from LOI to execution
  • Willing to travel ~30%
  • International deal experience preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required

Skills

Required:MW-scale site developmentNNN / triple-net lease negotiationFinancial modeling (TCO / cost-per-MW / NPV)Technical diligence (power, cooling, fiber, PUE)

Benefits

  • Health & Welfare Benefits: Medical/Rx Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Spending Accounts, Fertility & Family Forming Benefits, On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program, Global Travel Medical Insurance
  • Financial Benefits: Short and Long Term Disability Insurance, Life & Accident Insurance, 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Employee Stock Participation Plan
  • Time Off: Flexible paid time off, Parental/pregnancy/medical/bereavement leave
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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