About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage is committed to being a workplace of inclusion, equity, respect and acceptance. We celebrate diversity and intentionally seek out opportunities to learn from one another’s experience.

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects, and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across 19 markets in North America, EMEA and APAC, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands. Vantage’s business is growing exponentially, through a combination of greenfield market expansion and acquisitions.

Energy Department

The Energy Team is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and delivering qualified information regarding sites to various internal Vantage teams. Energy Team is responsible for new market diligence, initial power conversations, power agreements, utility relationships, power acquisition, budget, schedule, and creative problem solving for all new and existing projects. The Energy Team will work continuously from new project conception to operations, providing critical high level touch points with our Utility Partners. Collaboration with all internal and external stakeholders is core to the Energy Team’s role in achieving the below guiding goals:

Guiding Goals: Deliver qualified energy related information that allows Vantage to efficiently build and operate sites in line with our design requirements, leasing goals, schedule requirements and budget goals. 

This shall include the following:

Identifying and Securing Power – Understand power requirements, market availability, and work with utilities and industry partners to efficiently plan and secure delivered power to all sites.

Preliminary site review – High level evaluation of sites with actionable feedback for site selection team. 

Analyze sites in diligence – Understand site specific risks, issues, concerns and development strategies to mitigate risks for qualified sites.

Lead design developments – Understand Vantage specific energy requirements and specific leasing requirements to assist design development teams to hand off to construction teams that meet our power requirements, schedule and budget goals.

Obtain necessary approvals – Understand specific project approvals required, develop plans, schedules and lead time to obtain the required approvals.

Position Overview

This role can be based in any of our US locations: Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Santa Clara, CA; or Ashburn, VA or remote. #LI-remote #LI-SD1

Vantage is seeking a highly organized, self-starting, and proactive Business Development Coordinator to drive core project management and coordination efforts across a wide spectrum of projects within the Energy Team. This person will provide a key role in identifying and progressing data center developments from inception to operations.

This position will assist Utility Business Development Managers with site due diligence, utility agreements, , budget, and schedule for all new major projects. The position will also play key role in supporting power planning, rate research, and utility coordination.

Constant and effective communication with vendor partners and many internal departments is critical including: finance, policy, construction, legal, market development, engineering, operations, and more. A strong cultural fit is key to success within the Energy Team and Vantage where we value a fast, friendly, and flexible mindset.  

Essential Job Functions

Daily Tasks:

• Submittal management, change order management, meeting coordination, administration of project reports, contracts, site selection support, budgeting support, participation in design development, and transition of close-out documentation to construction. 

Initiative & Problem Solving:

• Take initiative on all assigned tasks and responsibilities, asking questions, driving solutions, and following up regularly.

Vendor Management:

• Assist with onboard