Sr Analyst - Data Centers & Powered Land

Role Description

Join CBRE Energy as a technically minded Senior Analyst focused on data center site evaluation, powered land assessment, and energy infrastructure analysis for hyperscale, colocation, and other energy-intensive clients. The role combines rigorous technical evaluation of utility infrastructure, transmission capacity, and interconnection pathways, along with commercial problem solving of power supply challenges, to solve client problems in a fast-moving advisory practice.

This is an entrepreneurial role on a small team with a start-up culture. You will be part of building something, helping shape the practice and scale the team's capacity to serve a rapidly growing client base. Expect to wear many hats, move fast, and take ownership of work that spans technical analysis, client delivery, and process building.

You will interface extensively with both internal and external stakeholders:

• Internally, you will partner closely with CBRE's Data Center Solutions broker network to support powered land transactions, deliver rapid site diligence, and equip brokers with the technical narrative needed to win and execute mandates.
• Externally, you will engage directly with utilities, RTOs/ISOs, data center operators, developers, and landowners to source intelligence, validate assumptions, and drive deals forward.

Qualifications

• 4 to 8 years of experience in energy markets, utility operations, interconnection, data center development, or powered land transactions.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Energy, Economics, Business, Real Estate, or a related field.
• Demonstrated technical capability evaluating electric infrastructure, including transmission and substation analysis, interconnection processes, and utility tariff interpretation.
• Working knowledge of one or more major US energy markets (PJM, ERCOT, MISO, SPP, NYISO, WECC, SERC).
• Exceptional business writing skills are essential.
• Commitment to organizing and maintaining complete records for site evaluations, client proposals, agreements, and project workplans.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with comfort in ambiguity, willingness to wear many hats, and self-direction to take ownership of outcomes.
• A willingness to learn the business from the team and by getting deep into the practice's operations.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and high proficiency in PowerPoint and Word for client-ready deliverables.
• Authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Requirements

• Lead end-to-end technical evaluation of prospective data center sites, including transmission line proximity and capacity, substation ratings, electric service and RTO territories, fiber routes, water availability, and environmental constraints.
• Read and interpret complex utility load study results and service agreements, including credit and deposit requirements, minimum demand obligations, take-or-pay provisions, exit fees, and special contract structures.
• Advise clients on key commercial terms in interconnection and power supply agreements.
• Build and maintain relationships with utility planning and economic development teams, RTO/ISO staff, regulators, developers, and landowners.
• Conduct direct outreach to obtain infrastructure information and accelerate site qualification.
• Draft clear, persuasive reports, proposals, and client memos that translate complex technical and regulatory findings into decision-ready content.
• Serve as a primary technical resource for CBRE's Data Center Solutions brokers.
• Support the Managing Director in maintaining and growing the practice, including managing inbound requests and organizing calls.

Benefits

• 401(K)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance