Infrastructure Development Lead - Europe

Fuse Energy; Netherlands; On-site; USD 139,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully expensed tech

Biannual bonus scheme

Private health insurance

Breakfast and dinner allowance

Job summary

Fuse Energy is building a globally positioned energy company, developing data centres and generation projects across Europe. You will own end-to-end development, from market entry to energisation, and work with leading investors to structure project financing.

The role requires deep knowledge of European data centre geographies, grid connections, permitting regimes, and risk management, with a readiness to travel across Europe.

Qualifications

• Experience developing data centres or large-scale infrastructure in Europe.
• Deep knowledge of European data centre geographies and power markets.
• Strong understanding of planning, permitting, and grid connection processes.
• Experience with project finance and investor relations.
• Highly analytical, self-directed, and capable of ownership.
• Willingness to travel across Europe; additional languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own data centre development in Europe end-to-end: market entry through energisation.
• Evaluate and prioritise European markets by power, grid, land, and incentives.
• Identify and assess sites from technical, planning, power, and infrastructure perspectives.
• Structure and support development financing with investors and lenders.
• Lead permitting and stakeholder engagement in each jurisdiction.
• Mitigate technical, commercial, and development risks.
• Ensure projects are deliverable, scalable, and construction-ready.

Skills

Data centre development

European energy markets

Grid connection knowledge

Regulatory understanding

Financial modelling

Analytical thinking

Travel willingness

Job description

Fuse Energy is an energy startup on a mission to make energy abundant and affordable, fast. We combine first-principles thinking with cutting-edge technology to build a radically better energy system.

We've raised over $200M from top-tier investors including Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, 20VC, Hummingbird and Collaborative Fund, alongside strategic angels including Nico Rosberg and GPs behind Meta, Revolut, Spotify and Uber.

We're building a fully integrated energy company: developing our own solar, batteries and other generation projects, building our own hardware, improving and developing grid infrastructure, trading power in real time, using AI across the business, and installing distributed energy in homes. By selling directly to consumers, we cut out the middleman, lower costs and pass the savings on to our customers.

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
• Identify and assess sites from technical, planning, power, and infrastructure perspectives
• 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
• Mitigate technical, commercial, and development risks
• Ensure projects are deliverable, scalable, and aligned with construction 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

• Competitive salary and eligibility for equity
• Biannual bonus scheme
• Fully expensed tech to match your needs
• Private health insurance
• Breakfast and dinner allowance for office-based employees

As we hire globally, benefits vary by location.