Principal, Global Data Center Planning

Meta Careers; Menlo Park, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Senior Principal for Global Data Center Planning in Menlo Park, CA. You will develop integrated, multi-year capacity plans and scaling strategies to ensure the right infrastructure at the right time, cost, and reliability.

You will translate AI-driven demand signals into executable supply strategies and drive decision points for executives. You will own the data center planning strategies, drive cross-org alignment, and partner with capacity engineering, network, hardware,

Qualifications

• Experience in multi-year data center capacity planning.
• Ability to translate demand signals into executable plans.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with engineering, finance, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Own multi-year DC capacity planning and the Plan of Record; refresh assumptions and scenarios.
• Lead decision-quality tradeoffs for leadership on large infrastructure investments.
• Incorporate AI-driven demand profiles into central planning.
• Define scalable planning workflows and automation.

Skills

Capacity planning

Data center

AI forecasting

Stakeholder alignment

Job description

# Principal, Global Data Center PlanningMenlo Park, CA Engineering+ 1 moreApply nowMeta is seeking a senior infrastructure planning leader to join Data Center Central Planning. In this role, you will develop integrated, multi‐year global data center capacity plans and scaling strategies that ensure Meta can deliver the right infrastructure at the right time, cost, and reliability, while staying adaptable under uncertainty. You’ll translate fast-evolving demand signals—especially those driven by AI large clusters—into executable supply strategies and clear executive decision points.This is a high-leverage role operating at the intersection of data center planning, demand forecasting, infrastructure engineering, supply strategy. You will own our data center planning strategies and recommendations, drive cross-org alignment, and partner with stakeholders across capacity engineering, network, hardware, supply chain, finance, data science, and IDC delivery and operations teams to drive decisions through to implementation.---## Principal, Global Data Center Planning Responsibilities* Own multi-year DC capacity planning and the Plan of Record (PoR): Develop, maintain, and continuously refresh integrated global data center supply/capacity plans; drive monthly/quarterly updates to assumptions, constraints, and scenarios to ensure plans remain decision-grade and executable.* Lead decision-quality tradeoffs for leadership: Apply quantitative and strategic judgment to build scenarios and evaluate alternatives; present clear options, tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations for multi‐billion‐dollar infrastructure investments and portfolio decisions.* Drive AI large cluster planning outcomes: Partner with engineering and delivery stakeholders to incorporate AI-driven demand profiles, large-cluster requirements, and emerging constraints into the central plan; help shape the capacity and delivery strategy to support rapid AI evolution.* Create durable planning frameworks (beyond “spreadsheet planning”): Improve the planning ecosystem by defining requirements for data quality, source-of-truth signals, and scalable planning workflows; partner with systems/tooling teams to uplevel automation and reliability of planning outputs.