How to apply for Infrastructure Development Lead

About Fuse Energy

Fuse Energy is an energy startup building a fully integrated company: it develops solar and battery projects, builds hardware, improves grid infrastructure, trades power in real time, and uses AI across the business. It has raised over $200M from investors including Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, 20VC, Hummingbird and Collaborative Fund, with angels including Nico Rosberg and GPs behind Meta, Revolut, Spotify and Uber. The goal is to make energy abundant and affordable by selling directly to consumers and cutting out the middleman.

About the role

This role owns data centre development in Europe end-to-end, from market entry strategy through Ready-to-Build and energisation, with a focus on Spain or Ireland. You will evaluate and prioritise one country based on power availability and price, grid connection timelines, land, fibre connectivity, climate, permitting regimes, and incentives. You will also structure and support development financing, including capital planning, project finance, and working with investors and lenders.

A typical day

A typical day may involve assessing sites in Spain or Ireland against power, planning, and infrastructure criteria, meeting with investors or lenders on development financing, and coordinating with technical and permitting teams to move projects toward Ready-to-Build. You would also track grid connection timelines and incentives, and report progress on market entry strategy. The exact routine is not specified in the job description, so ask about team structure and daily priorities during interviews.

Who Fuse Energy is looking for

• Has direct experience taking data centre projects from early-stage opportunity through Ready-to-Build and energisation in Europe, ideally in Spain or Ireland.
• Can evaluate and prioritise a country market using power availability and price, grid connection timelines, land, fibre connectivity, climate, permitting regimes, and incentives.
• Has structured or supported development financing, including capital planning, project finance, and working with investors and lenders.
• Is comfortable owning a country-level market entry strategy and leading cross-functional work with technical, planning, power, and infrastructure teams.

Tips for this application

• Name Spain or Ireland explicitly in your application and state which market you would prioritise and why, using the criteria listed in the job description.
• Show one or two data centre projects you took from early-stage opportunity to Ready-to-Build or energisation, including your specific role and the outcome.
• Include details on how you have assessed sites from technical, planning, power, and infrastructure perspectives, not just general development experience.
• Describe any development financing work you have done, such as capital planning, project finance, or working with investors and lenders to fund development through delivery.
• Reference Fuse Energy's integrated model and $200M+ raise to show you understand why data centre development matters to their strategy, not just the role.

What to cover in your cover letter

['Your experience owning data centre development in Europe end-to-end, with clear examples from market entry through Ready-to-Build and energisation.', 'Your ability to evaluate and prioritise Spain or Ireland based on power availability and price, grid connection timelines, land, fibre connectivity, climate, permitting regimes, and incentives.', 'Your track record structuring and supporting development financing, including capital planning, project finance, and working with investors and lenders.', "Why Fuse Energy's fully integrated approach and direct-to-consumer model make this role attractive to you, using facts from the job description."]

Research before applying

• Review Fuse Energy's public materials on their solar, battery, hardware, grid infrastructure, real-time trading, and AI work to understand how data centres fit into their integrated model.
• Research the investors listed, including Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, 20VC, Hummingbird and Collaborative Fund, and any public statements they have made about Fuse Energy.
• Look into Spain and Ireland data centre markets: power availability and price, grid connection timelines, land, fibre connectivity, climate, permitting regimes, and incentives.
• Find any public information on Fuse Energy's existing projects or announcements in Europe to understand their current footprint and priorities.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• How would you prioritise Spain versus Ireland for data centre development, using power availability and price, grid connection timelines, land, fibre connectivity, climate, permitting regimes, and incentives?
• Walk through a data centre project you took from early-stage opportunity to Ready-to-Build and energisation. What was your specific role and what obstacles did you face?
• How have you structured development financing for a project, including capital planning, project finance, and working with investors and lenders?
• How do you assess a site from technical, planning, power, and infrastructure perspectives before committing to development?
• What do you know about Fuse Energy's integrated model and how would data centre development fit into their mission to make energy abundant and affordable?

Common mistakes to avoid

• Applying without stating a preference or clear reasoning for Spain or Ireland, since the role requires evaluating and prioritising one of these markets.
• Focusing only on general data centre operations or construction without showing experience in early-stage development, market entry, and Ready-to-Build milestones.
• Ignoring the financing part of the role and not demonstrating any experience with capital planning, project finance, or working with investors and lenders.