AI Data Center Development Associate

Nscale; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Nscale is seeking a Development Associate to support AI data center site development across the Americas. You will work with the Director and development managers to move projects from origination through due diligence, entitlement, and permitting to FID.

In this high-exposure role you will run diligence workstreams, coordinate consultants, and build analyses and dashboards to keep the portfolio on track. The position offers growth to a development manager role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Real Estate, Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Urban Planning, or a relevant discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 1–3 years of related experience in real estate, infrastructure, construction, finance, or consulting; data center exposure a plus.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage many moving pieces across concurrent projects.
• Strong analytical and writing skills; able to distill complex information into clear, concise summaries.
• Proficiency in Google Suite and Microsoft Office tools; Excel / Sheets modeling skills preferred.
• Self-starter comfortable operating with urgency in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Willingness to travel up to 15% based on business needs.

Responsibilities

• Support development managers advancing a portfolio of AI data center sites from origination through diligence and FID.
• Maintain project schedules, milestone trackers, budgets, and risk registers across assigned projects.
• Coordinate day-to-day with external consultants and with internal Energy and Power, Design, and Preconstruction teams.
• Prepare meeting materials, agendas, and follow-ups to keep project workstreams moving.
• Build and maintain project dashboards, status reports, and inputs to FID / capital approval packages.
• Support development budget tracking, invoice review, and cost reporting with Finance.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis on sites, markets, schedules, and costs as projects demand.
• Help standardize templates, playbooks, and reporting across the development team.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Analytical writing skills

Self-starter

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Real Estate, Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Urban Planning, or relevant discipline

Tools

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Excel modeling

Job description

Nscale is seeking a Development Associate to support AI data center site development across the Americas. You will work with the Director and development managers to move projects from origination through due diligence, entitlement, and permitting to FID.

In this high-exposure role you will run diligence workstreams, coordinate consultants, and build analyses and dashboards to keep the portfolio on track. The position offers growth to a development manager role.