AI Compute and Infrastructure Counsel (Legal)

- Lead negotiation of large-scale compute and cloud capacity agreements with hyperscalers, neoclouds, and emerging providers - including capacity reservations, minimum commitments, service-level commitments, portability, and exit rights.

- Own strategic hardware partnerships with chip, accelerator, server, and networking vendors.

- Drive end-to-end legal support for data center and AI factory buildouts - colocation and hosting master agreements, ground and build-to-suit leases, engineering and construction contracts, interconnection agreements, power purchases and utility arrangements.

- Structure and negotiate power arrangements: power purchase agreements, tolling agreements, utility service agreements, behind-the-meter generation, and long-term energy and transmission commitments.

- Serve as legal lead on strategic infrastructure transactions - joint ventures, site acquisitions, and bespoke financing structures supporting the AI factory roadmap.

- Build scalable playbooks, templates, and delegation frameworks so our commercial and infrastructure teams can move at speed without sacrificing rigor.

- Partner with Security, Privacy, and Policy colleagues on cross-cutting issues: tenant isolation, customer data flows, sovereign compute, and engagement with regulators.

- Manage specialized outside counsel across real estate, energy, hardware, and construction.

- J.D. and active bar membership (or in-house registration) in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

- At least 8+ years of relevant legal experience, ideally with a combination of law firm and in-house experience, with a meaningful track record leading complex infrastructure, hardware supply, or cloud/compute transactions.

- Demonstrated depth in at least two of the following, and working fluency across the rest:

- Strategic hardware partnerships and supply agreements (semiconductors, accelerators, servers, networking, or comparable).

- Hyperscaler and cloud capacity agreements, ideally from the enterprise customer side.

- Data center leases, colocation and hosting, and large-scale buildout contracting.

- Comfortable operating independently on fast-moving, first-of-their-kind deals while setting a high bar for quality and speed.

- Significant experience managing and directing a deal team and outside counsel.

- Sound commercial judgment - you know when to push, when to paper around an issue, and when to escalate.

- Clear written and verbal communication; able to translate contractual complexity for non-lawyer stakeholders.

- Technical fluency and strong business acumen across compute transactions, project finance, and technology and hardware procurement. We are building this function from the ground up, not inheriting one.

- Prior experience at an AI lab, hyperscaler, semiconductor company, or large-scale data center operator.

- Exposure to construction, real estate or land use matters.

- Familiarity with tax and financing structures for capital-intensive infrastructure.

- Government, regulatory, or national-security background, including export controls.