Data Center White Space Manager (Network & Data Halls)

Quick Facts

• Role: White Space Manager for Network & Data Halls

• Focus: Planning and readiness of data center white-space environments for high-density AI compute

• Travel: 50%

Description

Own the planning, coordination, and readiness of data center white-space environments from design development through rack installation, testing, activation, and handoff to operations. Coordinate rack layout, electrical distribution, liquid and air cooling, structured cabling, containment, material flow, installation sequencing, and acceptance so data halls are safe, usable, and operations-ready for high-density AI systems. Verify field conditions vs. approved designs and maintain accurate as-built and readiness records.

Responsibilities

• Own white-space planning and readiness through rack installation, testing, activation, and operations handoff

• Coordinate rack elevations, floor layouts, service clearances, containment, busway/RPP distribution, cabling pathways, and cooling connections

• Translate compute deployment forecasts into space, power, cooling, network, labor, tooling, and material requirements

• Create installation sequences, readiness gates, turnover criteria, punch-list processes, and escalation paths across workstreams

• Partner across design, construction, commissioning, networking, hardware operations, safety, logistics, and vendors to resolve cross-system constraints

• Verify field conditions against approved designs and maintain as-built, capacity, asset, and readiness records

• Identify risks to safe installation, energization, cooling availability, network readiness, or schedule and drive mitigations to closure

• Build repeatable white-space standards, checklists, metrics, and operating mechanisms that scale across campuses

Requirements

• 8+ years delivering or operating data center white space, critical facilities, compute deployments, or mission-critical fit-outs

• Strong understanding of racks, power distribution, structured cabling, airflow management, liquid cooling, controls interfaces, and deployment sequencing

• Demonstrated ownership of installation readiness, field coordination, quality, safety, and handoff across several technical disciplines

• Experience interpreting construction documents, rack layouts, one-lines, mechanical diagrams, schedules, and commissioning records

• Ability to manage competing dependencies and make sound decisions in an active construction or production environment

• Strong communication with engineers, contractors, vendors, deployment teams, and operations leaders

• Willingness to travel regularly and spend sustained time at active project sites

Benefits

• Opportunity to help build infrastructure for frontier AI systems at unprecedented scale and speed

• Work across design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness for high-density AI data halls