Associate, DC Development

About Nscale

Nscale is the vertically integrated AI cloud engineered for AI. We own and operate the full stack — energy, data centers, GPU superclusters, orchestration, and AI services — delivering high-performance infrastructure to AI-native companies, enterprises, and governments across Europe and the US. We are deploying GPU capacity at hyperscale, operating some of the densest, most advanced AI infrastructure in the world.

At Nscale, our Data Center Development team plays a critical role in securing, de-risking, and advancing the powered sites that make our growth possible. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you'll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you'll be contributing to building the infrastructure that powers the future.

About the Role

Nscale is seeking a Development Associate to support the development of new AI data center sites across the Americas. Reporting to the Director, Data Center Development, you will work alongside development managers to advance projects from site control through due diligence, entitlement, and permitting to Final Investment Decision (FID).

You will run diligence workstreams, coordinate consultants, and build the analysis and reporting that keeps a fast-moving portfolio of projects on track.

What You'll be Doing

Development Support & Coordination
- Support development managers in advancing a portfolio of AI data center sites from origination through diligence and FID.
- Maintain project schedules, milestone trackers, budgets, and risk registers across assigned projects.
- Coordinate day-to-day with external consultants and with internal Energy and Power, Design, and Preconstruction teams.
- Prepare meeting materials, agendas, and follow-ups to keep project workstreams moving.

Due Diligence & Entitlements
- Manage and track due diligence deliverables, including title, survey, geotechnical, environmental, zoning, and utility studies, and summarize findings and risks.
- Support entitlement and permitting efforts, tracking applications, hearing dates, conditions, and jurisdiction requirements.
- Assist with site control documentation and closing checklists in partnership with Legal.
- Research jurisdictions, utilities, incentives, and site conditions to support project decisions.

Analysis & Reporting
- Build and maintain project dashboards, status reports, and inputs to FID and capital approval packages.
- Support development budget tracking, invoice review, and cost reporting with Finance.
- Perform ad-hoc analysis on sites, markets, schedules, and costs as projects demand. - Help standardize templates, playbooks, and reporting across the development team.