Data Center Capacity Architect

Davis AI; Paris; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed-term or permanent contract

Offices in central Paris

Private health insurance

Meal vouchers

Gym membership

50% commuting costs

Job summary

Davis, an AI-native real estate company, seeks an architect to run data center feasibility studies and portfolio test fits. You will take projects from capacity assessment to schematic design under a lead architect, presenting results to clients and ensuring alignment with regulatory and zoning rules.

Required: architecture degree, 3–5 years in data center products, and mastery of Rhino, Revit, and AutoCAD. A strong appetite for digital tools and rapid, synthesis-driven work is essential.

Qualifications

• Education: degree in architecture required.
• Experience: 3–5 years on data center product; end-to-end project experience.
• Proficiency with Rhino, Revit and AutoCAD essential.
• Interest in digital tools and AI in practice.
• Ability to produce credible, well-drawn capacity scenarios quickly.

Responsibilities

• Establish site capacity in IT megawatts from local rules and constraints.
• Qualify land-use category and environmental regime for industrial facilities.
• Draw data halls with aisles, AHUs and structural grid.
• Create industrial site plan with service yards, docks, and access roads.
• Arbitrate between schemes while respecting height constraints.
• Define questions to pose to operators on cooling, density, redundancy.
• Present numbers to client and defend them under scrutiny.
• Plan critical path: grid connection, permits, ecological surveys.

Skills

Architectural design

Capacity planning

Client presentation

Team collaboration

Regulatory fluency

Education

Architecture degree

Tools

Rhino

Revit

AutoCAD

Job description

Davis, an AI-native real estate company, seeks an architect to run data center feasibility studies and portfolio test fits. You will take projects from capacity assessment to schematic design under a lead architect, presenting results to clients and ensuring alignment with regulatory and zoning rules.

Required: architecture degree, 3–5 years in data center products, and mastery of Rhino, Revit, and AutoCAD. A strong appetite for digital tools and rapid, synthesis-driven work is essential.