Data centre · Neocloud · AI infrastructure

The tech is new. People make it happen.

Specialist recruitment and workforce planning for data centres, neoclouds and AI infrastructure. A 10 MW fit-out or a 2 GW campus. Every build still needs people who have done it before.

The three questions
Example
Who?Commissioning Manager, Level 5 IST
How many?One lead. Four engineers.
And when?On site in week 32. Through to handover.
We answer these before we search. Then we find the people.
7disciplines, site to back office
2 GWthe top of the range. We start at 10 MW.
19neoclouds tracked
3regions. USA, EU, UK
How we work with you

Partners, not suppliers.

We learn your project, your business and your problems first. Then we earn our place. The aim is to be trusted like your subcontractors and delivery partners. The ones you call first.

Who do you need? How many? And when?

These are the questions we help you answer. We plan the workforce for each stage, then we hire it. Our team has recruited on projects across the globe. We read past the CV for fit: your project, your culture, your company.

What we recruit

From the first plans
to live operations.

Brownfield or greenfield. Design to ready for service, and beyond. We build the teams that switch your infrastructure on and keep it running. Recruitment becomes one less thing to manage.

01 · Site selection
Find the land.
Site Selection Manager
Project Development Manager
Technical Due Diligence Manager
Planning and Permitting Lead
02 · Utilities
Secure the power.
Grid Connections Manager
Chief Power Engineer
HV Authorised Person
Water and Cooling Lead
03 · Design
Engineer it.
Electrical Design Engineer, MV and HV
Mechanical Design Engineer
Design Manager
Cost Manager
04 · Construction First focus
Deliver it on programme.
Construction Project Manager
Project Director
Site Manager and Superintendent
Project Controls
QA/QC and EHS Managers
05 · Commissioning
Prove it under load.
Commissioning Manager
Commissioning Engineer
Data Centre Electrical Lead
Controls and BMS Engineer
06 · Operations
Keep it live.
Data Centre Manager
Facilities Engineer
Critical Facilities Technician
Shift Lead
07 · Back office
Run the business.
Commercial Manager
Procurement Lead
Project Finance
Document Control
HR and Talent

You've got your MOPs and SOPs. We'll find the people who put them into practice.

How we help

Plan. Then hire.

Workforce planning
Who, how many, when.
We map the roles for each stage of your programme. Headcount, timing and where the gaps sit. You see the hiring curve before it hits site.
Plan a workforce
Permanent
Search.
One brief. A shortlist of people who have done this stage on a live site. We fill the hard seats: project directors, site selection, chief power engineers.
Brief a permanent role
Contract
Interim.
A commissioning manager for a twelve week IST window. A project controls lead until handover. Day rate, compliant in each country, on site fast.
Brief a contract role
Embedded
A desk inside your programme.
A recruiter inside your build team, hiring at volume for a campus. Your badge, our desk. Priced per month, not per head.
Talk about embedded
FREE · EVERY MONDAY
The Monday brief. Every neocloud role in the USA, EU and UK. Who posted, who pulled, who is hiring at pace.
On the desk

The roles we fill.

The seats that hold up a build. Hiring for one of these? Send us the brief.

Senior Construction Project Manager, Data CentresUSA · Permanent Site Selection ManagerUSA, remote · Permanent Grid Connections ManagerUK · Permanent Chief Power EngineerNordics · Permanent Commissioning ManagerUK · Contract Electrical Design Engineer, MV and HVNetherlands · Permanent
Brief a role
How we work

How a brief runs.

We go to people on live sites, not to job boards. We already track 19 neoclouds and the contractors who build for them, so the search starts warm.

1
Plan

Thirty minutes with the hiring manager. Who you need, how many and when. Scope, site and budget.

2
Search

We call people doing the job today on a comparable site. We read past the CV for fit with your project and your team.

3
Shortlist

Three to five people who have done this stage before. Availability, rate and right to work stated up front.

4
Offer and start

We run references, notice, visas and site induction paperwork. You get a start date, not a maybe.

Where

Three regions. One desk.

USA
Kansas City · Oklahoma · Northern Virginia · Dallas · Phoenix · New Jersey
Hyperscale and neocloud builds with US general contractors. W2 and corp to corp.
EU
Amsterdam · Lappeenranta · Mäntsälä · Jämsä · Paris · Kristiansand · Barcelona · Reykjanesbær
Nordic power, French and Dutch campuses. Compliant contracting in each country.
UK
London · Newport · Glasgow · Liverpool · Crawley · Gloucestershire
Home turf. Six live sites and the colocation partners that host them.
About

A desk, not a department.

Gigawatt Talent recruits for data centres, neoclouds and AI infrastructure. Founded in 2026. Our team has hired for projects across the globe. We work for the operators and the contractors who build for them, from the first plans to live operations. We are here for the long run. No life sciences. No heavy lift. Just power.

Clients and candidates

Let's talk about your project.

And the people who make it happen. Or email hello@gigawatttalent.com.

Clients
Candidates
GIGAWATTTALENT
The tech is new. People make it happen.
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