Data Center Location Strategy Architect

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's Global Strategy & Development team seeks a Data Center Location Strategy Analyst to support long-term capacity planning and site selection for Meta's data center portfolio.

You will develop scenario analyses and models to evaluate optimal locations for new capacities, informing multi-billion dollar capital investments and collaborating with energy, finance, site development, network, and construction teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a directly related field or equivalent.
• 6+ years of experience in data center site selection, infrastructure capacity planning, real estate strategy, energy market analysis, or a closely related field.
• Experience building quantitative models to evaluate and compare infrastructure investment alternatives, including scenario analysis and sensitivity modeling.
• Experience synthesizing complex, multi-variable datasets spanning geographic, energy, regulatory, and financial dimensions to produce actionable strategic recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Develop scenario analyses and models to evaluate optimal locations for new data center capacities.
• Collaborate with site development, energy, network, finance, and construction teams to create location frameworks.
• Synthesize data across geographic, energy, regulatory, and financial dimensions to inform multi-billion dollar capital investments.

Skills

Data center site selection

Quantitative modeling

Scenario analysis

Geospatial analysis / GIS

AI integration in planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Data visualization

Energy market analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

GIS platforms

Data visualization software

AI tooling / automation tools

Job description

Meta's Global Strategy & Development team seeks a Data Center Location Strategy Analyst to support long-term capacity planning and site selection for Meta's data center portfolio.

You will develop scenario analyses and models to evaluate optimal locations for new capacities, informing multi-billion dollar capital investments and collaborating with energy, finance, site development, network, and construction teams.