Data Center Development Lead - Australia

Multicoin; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Biannual bonus scheme

Fully expensed tech

Job summary

Fuse Energy is seeking a senior data center project lead in Australia to drive opportunities from early-stage development through energisation in Adelaide.

You will assess sites for technical, planning, power, and infrastructure factors and develop grid-connection strategies with National Grid, DNOs, and utility providers.

Qualifications

• Experience developing data centers or large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Strong technical understanding of data center infrastructure including power and cooling.
• Knowledge of AUS planning and grid connection processes.
• Experience taking projects from development through delivery readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead data center from early-stage opportunity through Ready-to-Build and energisation.
• Assess sites from technical, planning, power, and infrastructure perspectives.
• Develop grid connection and power strategies with National Grid, DNOs, and utility providers.
• Support planning, permitting, and stakeholder engagement processes.
• Identify and mitigate technical and development risks.
• Ensure projects are deliverable, scalable, and aligned with construction requirements.

Skills

Data center dev

Grid connection

Infrastructure assessment

Analytical mindset

Stakeholder management

Ownership

Australian planning

Tools

N/A

Job description

Fuse Energy is a forward-thinking renewable energy startup on a mission to deliver a terawatt of renewable energy – fast. We're combining first-principles thinking with cutting-edge technology to build a radically better energy system. We raised $210M from top-tier investors including Multicoin, Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, Box Group and strategic angels like Nico Rosberg, the Co-Founder of Solana and GPs behind Meta, Revolut, Spotify, Uber and more.

We're creating a fully integrated energy company: from developing renewable generation and grid infrastructure to powering the next generation of AI and compute-intensive industries. But we’re not stopping there. We’re also building the Energy Network: a decentralised platform of smart devices to electrify our homes, shifting usage to off-peak hours and helping balance the grid. This network strengthens grid stability - a critical foundation for scaling AI data centers and other energy-intensive industries.

As AI drives unprecedented demand for power and data center capacity, the bottleneck is no longer chips – it is energy, grid infrastructure, and the ability to deliver new capacity at speed.

Responsibilities

• Lead data center from early-stage opportunity through Ready-to-Build and energisation
• Assess sites from technical, planning, power, and infrastructure perspectives
• Develop grid connection and power strategies with National Grid, DNOs, and utility providers
• Support planning, permitting, and stakeholder engagement processes
• Identify and mitigate technical and development risks
• Ensure projects are deliverable, scalable, and aligned with construction requirements

• Experience developing data centers or large-scale infrastructure projects

• Strong technical understanding of data center infrastructure, including power, cooling, and utility systems, with the ability to evaluate engineering decisions and challenge technical assumptions
• Strong understanding of AUS planning and grid connection processes
• Experience taking projects from early-stage development through design, permitting, and delivery readiness
• Highly analytical, self-directed, and comfortable with significant ownership

• Competitive salary
• Biannual bonus scheme
• Fully expensed tech to match your needs