Senior Corporate Counsel, Datacenters and Infrastructure

Overview

This role supports high-value legal work related to the procurement, construction, and operation of datacenter physical infrastructure, including transactions involving datacenter leasing and operations. You will serve as a primary legal contact for datacenter agreements, partner with cross-functional teams, and help structure deals while advising on risk allocation and supplier performance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted partner and primary legal contact to drive datacenter-related agreements to signature (e.g., LOIs, MSAs, order forms, and ancillary agreements).
• Draft, review, and negotiate agreements supporting building, deployment, and operation of datacenters, including:
  • Datacenter capacity leasing, colocation, and design/build agreements
  • Facilities/operations and maintenance agreements
  • Infrastructure procurement agreements for GPUs and other compute hardware, integrated server systems, network equipment, power equipment, and other datacenter infrastructure
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners across datacenter procurement, engineering and operations, finance, tax, and compliance on deal structuring.
• Provide business-focused counseling on risk allocation, supplier risk assessments, and supplier and product performance and remediation matters.
• Support international expansion by adapting requirements for new jurisdictions and coordinating with local counsel on local law and market issues.
• Build scalable legal tools directed to infrastructure transactions, including templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and approval matrices to improve contracting speed and consistency.
• Assist with other high-priority legal matters to support a lean Legal Department (e.g., key vendor and operations agreements).

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. state.
• 8+ years of legal experience and 3+ years of significant in-house experience supporting datacenter or similar large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience with datacenter contracts from a developer/provider or tenant perspective, including single tenant and/or colocation deals involving modified-gross, triple net or other lease structures.
• Experience with facilities agreements and operations-and-maintenance contracts.
• Familiarity with datacenter operational requirements, including:
  • SLA constructs
  • Maintenance windows
  • Security requirements
  • Audit rights
  • Change control
  • Service credits
  • Tax incentives
  • Financing structures
• Experience managing multiple projects with minimal oversight to meet aggressive timelines while delivering high-quality work product.
• Low-ego, hands-on approach to tackle projects of varying size; willingness to learn, desire for feedback, and a “leave it better than you found it” mindset.
• Proven experience using strong business judgment to calibrate business and legal risk, and translating complex legal advice into actionable guidance for business stakeholders.
• Superlative communication and collaborative problem-solving skills, with the ability to build positive, influential relationships with cross-functional partners and senior leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of direct experience negotiating enterprise datacenter leases.
• Experience with international procurement, trade compliance, and supply-chain risk issues.
• Experience negotiating power-related contracts, including interconnection agreements, electricity service agreements, power purchase agreements (PPAs), and behind-the-meter generation structures.
• Experience with early-stage site selection diligence for datacenters, including understanding of zoning and permitting processes.
• Tech-savvy interest in cutting-edge AI technologies.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation range: $204,800 - $256,000.
• Remote role.
• Bonus: You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance.
• Equity: Equity compensation may be provided to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and option to participate in an Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Location

Remote.

Additional Information

• Application limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period.