Data Center Real Estate & Development Specialist

Sciforium is an AI infrastructure company developing next-generation multimodal AI models and a proprietary, high-efficiency serving platform. Backed by multi-million-dollar funding and direct sponsorship from AMD with hands-on support from AMD engineers the team is scaling rapidly to build the full stack powering frontier AI models and real-time applications. About the Role We are seeking a Data Center Real Estate & Development Specialist to own our data center capacity end to end, from sourcing space and power to delivering operational facilities.

You will source candidate sites through brokers and landlords nationwide, running technical and commercial diligence, negotiating leases, and readying each facility for GPU deployment. You will be the central point of coordination across brokers, landlords, utilities, engineering firms, contractors, OEM partners, and internal stakeholders, keeping acquisition, design, permitting, procurement, and construction on schedule and on budget.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives operating with urgency, is comfortable getting on a plane to walk a site anywhere in the United States, can make sound judgment calls under time pressure, and can hold multiple vendors accountable to a shared, aggressive timeline. Key Responsibilities Site Acquisition & Real Estate Build and manage a nationwide network of commercial real estate brokers, landlords, and owners to source space-and-power opportunities (powered shell, industrial conversions, existing data center capacity), maintaining a pipeline of on-market and off-market candidate sites.

Travel across the United States to tour candidate facilities and lead on-site diligence, walkthroughs, and inspections through deal close. Lead commercial negotiations end to end: LOIs, term sheets, and lease agreements with landlords, partnering with legal counsel and finance on rent structure, tenant improvements, power terms, expansion rights, and local incentives. Build comparative site economics (all-in $/kW, upgrade CapEx, lease terms) and present clear go/no-go recommendations to leadership.

Technical Diligence & Deployment Fit Run technical diligence on candidate sites: utility capacity and interconnection status, electrical infrastructure (transformers, medium-voltage step-down, switchgear, busways, PDUs, UPS, generators), cooling and water availability, structural and floor loading, fiber connectivity, zoning and permitting posture, and expansion potential. Coordinate with OEM and hardware partners to validate that target facilities meet future deployment requirements (rack density, power per rack, liquid cooling readiness, floor loading, delivery logistics) before we commit.

Facility Conversion & Build Execution Coordinate directly with our electrical infrastructure partner on power distribution and cooling build-out scope, including UPS, PDUs, switchgear, ATS, CDUs, chilled water systems, and in-row cooling, ensuring designs align with project timeline and budget. Scope and manage facility improvement projects with general contractors, engineering firms, utilities, municipalities, and equipment vendors, covering upgrades such as new transformers, switchgear, busways, and cooling infrastructure.

Own permitting and AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) coordination, securing approvals without delaying the critical path. Drive design and engineering review cycles, tracking open technical questions, decisions, and dependencies across electrical, mechanical, and structural workstreams. Coordinate procurement of long-lead equipment, tracking order timing, lead times, and budget against project CapEx.

Manage relationships with server/GPU hardware vendors on rack infrastructure, delivery schedules, and integration with facility infrastructure and deployment plans. Manage the master project schedule across parallel tracks and sites, identifying critical path items and escalating risks early. Manage site logistics, including site visits, inspec