SVP Data Centre Design & Construction

Nscale is a London-based, full-stack AI cloud and infrastructure company that provides GPU compute, managed AI services, orchestration software, data centers, and power infrastructure for AI training, fine-tuning, and inference.

London, United Kingdom
About Nscale

Nscale builds and operates vertically integrated AI infrastructure spanning software, GPU compute, networking, storage, purpose-built data centers, and power. Its active cloud platform offers self-service inference endpoints, fine-tuning, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, virtual machines, and GPU clusters.

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About the Role

You will define and execute APAC construction delivery strategy for multi-country data centre programmes. You will lead delivery, capital allocation, procurement, contracts, supply chain, technical integration, regional leadership, risk governance, commissioning, quality assurance, and operational handover.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent
  • 15–20 years of experience in large-scale infrastructure, mission-critical, or data centre construction
  • Leadership experience across multi-country, multi-billion-dollar capital programmes
  • Experience building and scaling delivery platforms
  • Experience in APAC markets
  • Technical knowledge of data centre power, cooling, redundancy, and commissioning
  • Commercial experience negotiating large-scale contracts and supplier frameworks

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement the APAC construction delivery model
  • Establish frameworks for multi-country execution
  • Standardise design, procurement, and delivery methodologies
  • Own delivery of hyperscale and edge data centre builds
  • Drive schedule certainty and capital efficiency
  • Oversee capital budgets and regional capital allocation
  • Shape procurement strategy and lead contract negotiations
  • Build and manage contractor and supplier ecosystems
  • Ensure technical designs support scalability and operational performance
  • Build and lead a regional leadership team
  • Establish risk management and compliance frameworks
  • Define commissioning standards and ensure operational handover