VP, Energy

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers with flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure. Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of up leveling data center development scale and operations in the face of rising demand.

Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world’s largest and most sophisticated customers with a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation. Fleet is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with satellite offices in Seattle, WA and Arlington, VA.

The Vice President of Energy will lead all aspects of power strategy and delivery across Fleet’s sites, including the commercial engagements required to supply reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable energy to end-users. The role ensures that complex elements of Fleet’s power position – such as interconnection, energy supply, utility/supplier relationships, and financial obligations – are translated into clear, consistent, and actionable insights that inform Fleet’s investments and end-user engagements.

This position also supports Fleet’s efforts on innovative energy solutions such as co-located resources, islanded/bridge power, new technology adoption, and operational flexibility. By aligning technical achievement with market understanding, rigorous risk management, and decarbonization efforts, this position enables Fleet’s power capabilities to become a core differentiator in the data center marketplace.

• Collaborate with leadership to define and execute Fleet’s energy strategy to support long-term growth and end-user confidence in Fleet’s data center products.
• Communicate directly with leadership and investors on financial planning and execution of major financial commitments.
• Serve as executive sponsor on Fleet’s strategic accounts on energy topics
• Bring best-in-class technical leadership as an individual contributor with the ability to scale and manage a team of SMEs necessary to deliver Fleet’s vision, while harmonizing Fleet’s scope and role within the broader Tract Capital Management organization.

• Build key relationships with utilities, regulators, transmission operators, and other stakeholders in the power supply chain to influence markets and policy.
• Track and communicate regulatory, utility, and market developments affecting energy access and competitiveness of Fleet-owned sites.
• Collaborate with early-stage utility development teams and Fleet commercial teams to ensure proper transition and handoff of utility arrangements and relationships.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate and implement generation and transmission solutions that supplement or exceed traditional utility-provided options.
• Own project delivery through completion of in-flight utility infrastructure and expansion of utility infrastructure necessary to meet customer needs. Drive schedule certainty through effective execution and escalation of critical path risks.

• Communicate directly with key hyperscale customers to establish and maintain industry-leading credibility on critical power arrangements through sales, delivery, and operations.
• Translate interconnection progress, substation phasing, financial obligations, and power procurement options into actionable customer insights.
• Collaborate with site selection, customer engineering, and sales teams to articulate the energy value proposition of each development site.
• Anticipate customer requirements and develop a range of solutions to meet and exceed customer criteria.
• Support positive customer engagement and inclusion…