Powered Land Acquisition

About the role

The Development Team at Fluidstack is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and securing powered land for the company's US data center portfolio. This includes sourcing large industrial and raw parcels capable of hosting hyperscale campuses.

Responsibilities

• Identify, evaluate, and secure large industrial and raw parcels for hyperscale campuses.
• Source and assess sites, often 100+ acres, near fiber and high-voltage transmission, evaluating utility and behind-the-meter power at 200MW+ scale.
• Coordinate directly with utilities to secure substation capacity, transmission access, and power agreements, including powered-land structures where energy is committed before construction.
• Lead entitlements due diligence across zoning, rezoning, land-use permitting, environmental reviews, and water agreements, and track permitting timelines against the build schedule.
• Maintain broker and developer relationships to ensure a valid site is never missed.
• Engage local, state, and municipal officials to secure development agreements, incentives, and community support, and own capacity forecasting across regions.

Requirements

You have experience in acquiring commercial or industrial real estate, selecting sites, or developing energy infrastructure, with a focus on data centers or large-scale industrial projects.

You have a deep understanding of data center infrastructure requirements, high-voltage power, zoning, permitting, and land-use regulations.

You have successfully closed complex, high-stakes land transactions at scale, and you can think strategically about market trends and long-term land banking.

You manage relationships across brokers, landowners, developers, utilities, and government, and you can align diverse stakeholders in a fast-moving environment.

You are willing to travel 20%+ as projects require.

Qualifications

• Experience in acquiring commercial or industrial real estate, selecting sites, or developing energy infrastructure, with a focus on data centers or large-scale industrial projects.
• A deep understanding of data center infrastructure requirements, high-voltage power, zoning, permitting, and land-use regulations.
• Successfully closed complex, high-stakes land transactions at scale.
• Strategic thinking about market trends and long-term land banking.
• Experience managing relationships across brokers, landowners, developers, utilities, and government.
• Ability to align diverse stakeholders in a fast-moving environment.
• Willingness to travel 20%+ as projects require.

Skills

• Data center infrastructure expertise.
• High-voltage power management.
• Zoning and permitting knowledge.
• Land-use regulation understanding.
• Strategic land acquisition and management.
• Relationship management and stakeholder alignment.
• Project management and coordination.

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
• Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $175,000 - $235,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.

Schedule

Fluidstack offers a flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of the role and the candidate.