# Data Centre Development Lead UK

**Company**: Fuse Energy
**Location**: London, England
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Energy

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## Description

Fuse Energy is hiring a Data Centre Development Lead to find, win and take UK data centre projects from first opportunity through to Ready-to-Build. You’ll sit in our Development team and report to our Head of Projects, owning two routes to market: developing sites from scratch, and acquiring projects and platforms through M&A.

Responsibilities:

- Site origination and feasibility: Own UK data centre development end-to-end, greenfield and brownfield, from first opportunity through to Ready-to-Build. Build our UK site selection thesis and screen sites against it. Secure land through options, leases and acquisitions.

- Power and grid connection: Own the power solution for every site with Fuse’s Data Centres. Lead grid connection strategy and applications with NESO, TOs and DNOs, and own the critical path to energisation.

- Planning and consenting: Lead planning, environmental assessment and consenting strategy, and manage consultants, counsel and local authorities to secure approvals on a realistic timeline.

- M&A: Originate acquisition targets, lead negotiations, and run financial and technical due diligence.

- Commercial and delivery: Engage tenants, hyperscalers and colocation operators, and package Fuse’s power offer into the customer proposition.

Requirements:

- Proven experience developing data centres or comparable large-scale power-intensive infrastructure in the UK.

- Direct experience of UK grid connection processes.

- Working knowledge of private wire arrangements and power purchase structures.

- Strong working knowledge of the UK planning system.

- Practical M&A experience.

- Strong technical understanding of data centre infrastructure.

- Understanding of development financing for infrastructure.

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Benefits:

- Competitive salary and eligibility for equity.

- Biannual bonus scheme.

- Fully expensed tech.

- Private health insurance.

- Breakfast and dinner allowance for office-based employees.

## Skills

### Required
- UK grid connection processes
- private wire arrangements
- power purchase structures
- UK planning system
- M&A experience
- data centre infrastructure
- development financing

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