Investments - Digital Infrastructure

Associate, Investments – Digital Infrastructure

New York, NY or Dallas, TX

A leading institutional investment and development platform is seeking an Associate, Investments to join its rapidly growing data center business. The Associate will play a central role in evaluating and executing new investments across the platform, with exposure to acquisitions, capital deployment, financing, and strategic growth initiatives.

This is a highly analytical and transaction-oriented role designed for candidates with strong investment banking, private equity, infrastructure investing, or related transaction experience. The Associate will work directly with senior leadership to underwrite complex opportunities, evaluate investment returns and capital structures, prepare investment committee materials, and help drive investment decisions across a significant and expanding North American data center pipeline.

The role sits at the intersection of digital infrastructure, real estate, power, and technology and offers meaningful exposure to large-scale capital investment in one of the fastest-growing segments of the infrastructure market.

What You'll Do

• Evaluate and underwrite new investment opportunities across a growing data center platform, including acquisitions, greenfield investments, strategic partnerships, and other capital deployment opportunities.
• Build and maintain detailed financial models evaluating project economics, investment returns, downside scenarios, capital structures, financing alternatives, and key value drivers.
• Perform investment analysis across potential transactions, including valuation, market positioning, competitive dynamics, power economics, development costs, financing assumptions, and exit scenarios.
• Support the execution of acquisitions and strategic investments , including financial diligence, transaction structuring, investment analysis, documentation, and coordination with internal and external counterparties.
• Prepare investment committee memoranda, board materials, valuation analyses, financial forecasts, and strategic presentations for senior leadership.
• Evaluate debt and equity financing alternatives and support capital formation initiatives with lenders, institutional investors, joint venture partners, and other capital providers.
• Assess new markets and strategic growth opportunities across the U.S. and Canada, incorporating industry fundamentals, power availability, supply and demand, competitive positioning, and expected investment returns.
• Partner with senior leadership on portfolio strategy, capital allocation, and platform-level growth initiatives .
• Work cross-functionally with development, energy, construction, legal, finance, and operations teams to incorporate key commercial and execution considerations into investment underwriting and transaction decisions.
• Develop a deep understanding of the data center ecosystem, including hyperscale demand, power markets, capital markets, infrastructure development, and the evolving competitive landscape.

What We're Looking For

• Approximately 2–4 years of transaction-oriented experience , preferably within investment banking, private equity, infrastructure investing, real estate investing, or another highly analytical investment role.
• Investment banking experience within TMT, digital infrastructure, infrastructure, power & utilities, energy, real estate, or M&A is particularly relevant.
• Exceptional financial modeling and valuation skills, with experience building complex transaction, DCF, returns, or project finance models.
• Strong understanding of valuation, capital structures, transaction execution, and investment decision-making.
• Ability to analyze complex opportunities and distill key investment considerations into clear recommendations for senior decision-makers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing materials for senior executives, investment committees, clients, or investors.
• High level of intellectual curiosity, commercial judgment, attention to detail, and ownership.
• Ability to operate effectively in a lean, entrepreneurial environment with significant exposure to senior leadership.
• Genuine interest in digital infrastructure, technology, power, and large-scale capital investment .
• Bachelor's degree required.