Senior Manager, Enerfy Infrastructure Site

About Vantage Data Centers

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Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Site Selection & Acquisitions

The APAC Business Development/Site Selection & Acquisitions team is responsible for delivering quality sites for Vantage’s data center development. The team sources, evaluates, pre-qualifies and completes initial due diligence leading to site acquisitions that support Vantage’s data center business across APAC. The team collaborates with the New Site Development, Design & Engineering, Sales, Operations, Construction, Legal, Finance and the Senior Leadership Teams.

Position Overview

The Director, Energy Infrastructure Site Selection will be responsible for the identification and qualification of energy availability and initial scouting of energy infrastructure that aligns with Vantage’s strategic goals and site selection expansion plans for each identified market. This position will identify the availability of power infrastructure that will inform and drive location strategies for real estate site selection and develop Utility Provider and third-party consultant relationships.

Key elements of the role will include identifying, mapping and plotting the location, type and availability of energy infrastructure for regions, markets, or specific sites identify utility partnership opportunities that directs the Business Development site selection teams targeted locations. Identifying the immediate and future availability of energy infrastructure for Vantage to grow in APAC will underpin all aspects of the role.

After the energy infrastructure has been fully qualified and requisite site locations are under control by Vantage, the position holder will support the engagement with utility providers and provide thought leadership on all power related matters as the New Site Development team complete the necessary technical due diligence to deliver power to the site(s) and enter into final negotiations for the power agreements.

Constant communication with New Site Development, Design/Engineering, Construction, Legal and Finance plus other stakeholders will be required to ensure Vantage’s strategic milestones for land and power acquisition (banking) goals are achieved, including enhancing Vantage’s product and service offering wherever possible.

Essential Job Functions- Direct investigation to overlay energy options and availabilities with suitable sites for data center infrastructure and development.- Complete preliminary research and evaluation of energy infrastructure, power availabilities and sources of energy in targeted areas. This includes the preliminary screenings of all sites under consideration, assuring all required documentation and analysis are undertaken.- Act as single of point of contact for the Site Selection & Acquisitions, and New Site Development teams with utility providers to understand timing, costs and opportunities for physical energy infrastructure supporting data center developments.- Understand, analyse, and incorporate current energy legislation and policies into energy infrastructure sourcing strategies.- Identify new energy trends or clean energy sources that will impact site selection strategies.- Develop and manage energy and power supply chain partnerships with Utilities, municipalities, consultants and partners.- Provide thought leadership and input on projects and assignments, including budget, schedule and contract terms in coordination with internal and external project stakeholders

Duties- Align availability of power opportunities with other key technical site selection criteria such as metro and backbone fiber networks, subsea cables, and related infrastructure to incorporate into Site Selection strategies that will drive the execution of site selection and acquisition activities.- Understand business strategies to align power opportunities and with development milestones to drive success.- Review and evaluate all new sites to comply with energy requirements and to identify and verify energy opportunities for expansion.- Participate in initial site assessment reviews.- Complete site pre-qualification and initial due diligence activities related to energy sourcing and provisioning.- Report status of all projects in pre-qualification and pre-development status (risks, schedule, quality, and budget) to management.- At the appropriate time, handoff a specific site/ project to the Development and/