Head of Power

The Development Department
The Development team plays a crucial role in the success of the HSCALE product, ensuring the successful establishment, powering, reporting and monitoring, procurement, construction and commissioning of data centre campuses, through to seamless handover to operations. The power team ensures that data centres have a reliable and scalable power supply, coordinating with utility providers and integrating renewable energy sources where possible. They design and implement power distribution systems that meet the high demands of data centre operations, all the while considering how to “commercialise” hscale’s power infrastructure.

Position Overview
hscale is seeking a technically minded, detail-oriented Head of Power (Utility Power Delivery) to lead energisation across new and existing data centre campuses. As the New Site Development owner for power and energy, this role manages the end-to-end utility connection process - from early due diligence and securing preliminary supply through to negotiating, executing, designing, and delivering formal connection agreements - ensuring alignment with design and operational needs. The role also defines and implements hscale’s power and energy strategy in collaboration with our investors. Strong cross-functional coordination with Corporate Development, Site Acquisition, Construction, Operations, and the C-Suite is essential, alongside support throughout the sales cycle, including customer engagement.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver HSCALE’s power/energy strategy, aligning growth, ESG, and customer requirements (incl. renewables, PPAs, onsite generation)
• Assess power availability, grid constraints, and energy options to support site selection and early due diligence
• Lead utility and regulatory engagement (TSOs/DSOs), securing capacity, quotes, programmes, and favorable commercial terms
• Own the end-to-end utility connection pathway—from feasibility to executed connection agreements—coordinating closely with Design/Engineering and delivery teams
• Oversee large-scale energisation programmes (c. 300 MW–1 GW), managing scope, schedule, budgets, and supply-chain/partner relationships
• Drive resilience and risk management (redundancy strategies) to meet hyperscale requirements
• Track legislation and policy changes, ensuring compliance with regional regulations, safety standards, and corporate governance
• Provide leadership, continuous improvement (processes/lessons learned), and technical support to Construction, Operations, Sales/Marketing (RFPs, customer materials, handovers, post-build support)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Energy Systems, or a related field
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in power and energy infrastructure, with substantial direct experience supporting large-scale data centre development.
• Strong grid and utility expertise (operations, transmission planning, distributed generation) plus renewables, storage, and emerging tech (e.g., SMRs)
• Proven experience negotiating PPAs and delivering complex, multi-jurisdiction energy projects
• Solid project management and feasibility-study capability, including benchmarking and data/statistical analysis
• Strong commercial and regulatory awareness (customer requirements, business drivers, financials, legislation)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to lead internal/external teams collaboratively
• Highly adaptable and self-directed, comfortable working remotely, travelling, and across time zone