Data Center Development Lead - Australia
Job Description
Fuse Energy is a forward-thinking renewable energy startup on a mission to deliver a terawatt of renewable energy – fast. We're combining first-principles thinking with cutting-edge technology to build a radically better energy system. We raised $210M from top-tier investors including Multicoin, Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, Box Group and strategic angels like Nico Rosberg, the Co-Founder of Solana and GPs behind Meta, Revolut, Spotify, Uber and more.
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We're creating a fully integrated energy company: from developing renewable generation and grid infrastructure to powering the next generation of AI and compute-intensive industries. But we're not stopping there. We're also building the Energy Network: a decentralised platform of smart devices to electrify our homes, shifting usage to off-peak hours and helping balance the grid. This network strengthens grid stability - a critical foundation for scaling AI data centers and other energy-intensive industries.
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As AI drives unprecedented demand for power and data center capacity, the bottleneck is no longer chips – it is energy, grid infrastructure, and the ability to deliver new capacity at speed.
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Responsibilities
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- Lead data center from early-stage opportunity through Ready-to-Build and energisation \n
- Assess sites from technical, planning, power, and infrastructure perspectives \n
- Develop grid connection and power strategies with National Grid, DNOs, and utility providers \n
- Support planning, permitting, and stakeholder engagement processes \n
- Identify and mitigate technical and development risks \n
- Ensure projects are deliverable, scalable, and aligned with construction requirements \n
- Experience developing data centers or large-scale infrastructure projects \n
- Strong technical understanding of data center infrastructure, including power, cooling, and utility systems, with the ability to evaluate engineering decisions and challenge technical assumptions \n
- Strong understanding of AUS planning and grid connection processes \n
- Experience taking projects from early-stage development through design, permitting, and delivery readiness \n
- Highly analytical, self-directed, and comfortable with significant ownership \n
- Competitive salary \n
- Biannual bonus scheme \n
- Fully expensed tech to match your needs \n