Director, Data Center Development

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $215k - $235k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Hanwha Data Centers

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10,000+ employees

⚡ Energy

🤝 B2B

Energy • B2B

Hanwha Data Centers is a provider of large-scale energy infrastructure and renewable power solutions tailored for hyperscale and enterprise data center development. Combining Hanwha Group’s global resources with on-site project development, they acquire and prepare land, deliver integrated solar, wind, green hydrogen, fuel cell, and battery energy storage systems, and offer retail renewable power products to ensure reliable, low-carbon power for cloud, AI, and digital infrastructure customers. The company focuses on scalable, sustainable energy campuses that enable data centers to meet growing demand with improved efficiency and resilience.

📋 Description

• Identify, evaluate, and deliver new data center sites across the U.S. • Collaborate with internal and external teams on site selection opportunities, including provisioning utilities such as power, water, and fiber • Support negotiations and agreements with local governments, economic development agencies, and landowners • Lead site acquisition efforts, including market analysis, site sourcing, due diligence, and transaction execution • Evaluate sites based on power availability, connectivity, zoning, permitting, and other development factors • Develop and maintain relationships with brokers, utilities, landowners, and local jurisdictions • Coordinate due diligence and entitlement processes, including environmental studies, title review, and permitting • Partner with strategy, engineering, finance, and legal teams • Prepare business cases and investment memos for site acquisitions and strategic growth decisions • Track and report pipeline progress, milestones, and challenges to leadership • Drive process improvements to make site evaluation and development more efficient and scalable • Perform other job-related duties as requested by management

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate, Engineering, or a related field • 7+ years of experience in real estate development, site acquisition, or infrastructure project management, ideally within data centers, energy, or industrial development • Strong understanding of land development fundamentals, utilities, permitting, and entitlement processes • Excellent analytical and negotiation skills; ability to evaluate complex site and transaction data • Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work cross-functionally in a fast-moving environment • Entrepreneurial mindset — proactive, resourceful, and comfortable owning outcomes end-to-end • Exceptional communication and relationship management skills • Ability to travel as needed to meet with clients and stakeholders (up to 50% of the time)