Infrastructure Development Lead - Europe

Fuse Energy; Paris; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Biannual bonus scheme

Fully expensed tech

Job summary

Fuse Energy is seeking a senior leader to own data centre development across Europe, from market entry to energisation and delivery readiness.

You will evaluate markets across Nordics to France, coordinate with TSOs/DSOs, lead permitting and environmental assessments, structure project financing, and drive stakeholder engagement to deliver scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience developing data centres or large-scale infrastructure in Europe from early development through delivery readiness.
• Deep knowledge of European data centre geographies: grid capacity, permitting dynamics, power markets.

Responsibilities

• Own data centre development in Europe end-to-end: market entry through energisation.
• Evaluate and prioritise European markets based on power, grid, land, fibre, climate, permitting, incentives.
• Assess sites from technical, planning, power, and infrastructure perspectives.
• Develop grid connection and power strategies with TSOs/DSOs and national utilities across target markets.
• Structure and support development financing: capital planning, project finance, and work with investors and lenders.
• Lead planning, permitting, environmental assessment, and stakeholder engagement in each jurisdiction.
• Identify and mitigate technical, commercial, and development risks.
• Ensure projects are deliverable, scalable and aligned with construction requirements.

Skills

Data centre dev

Market analysis

Stakeholder mgmt

Project finance

Permitting

Travel willingness

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

Responsibilities

• Own data centre development in Europe end‑to‑end: from market entry strategy and early‑stage opportunity through Ready‑to‑Build and energisation
• Evaluate and prioritise European markets - Nordics, Iberia, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, France, CEE - based on power availability and price, grid connection timelines, land, fibre connectivity, climate, permitting regimes, and incentives
• Assess sites from technical, planning, power, and infrastructure perspectives
• Develop grid connection and power strategies with European TSOs, DSOs, and national utility providers across target markets
• Structure and support development financing: capital planning, project finance, and working with investors and lenders to fund development through delivery
• Lead planning, permitting, environmental assessment, and stakeholder engagement processes in each jurisdiction
• Identify and mitigate technical, commercial, and development risks
• Ensure projects are deliverable, scalable, and aligned with construction requirements

Requirements

• Experience developing data centres or large‑scale infrastructure projects in Europe, taken from early‑stage development through design, permitting, and delivery readiness
• Deep knowledge of key European data centre geographies and why they matter - grid capacity, permitting dynamics, power markets, and where new capacity can realistically be delivered at speed
• Strong understanding of European planning and grid connection processes, including working with TSOs, DSOs, and national regulators
• Strong technical understanding of data centre infrastructure, including power, cooling, and utility systems, with the ability to evaluate engineering decisions and challenge technical assumptions
• Understanding of development financing for infrastructure projects, including project finance structures and investor requirements
• Highly analytical, self‑directed, and comfortable with significant ownership
• Willingness to travel across Europe; additional European languages are a plus

Benefits

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