European Datacenter Energy Strategy Director

DIGITAL REALTY
📍 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted February 28, 2026

Job Description

Your role

Strategic Energy Leadership

  • Develop and execute a multi-year European energy strategy aligned with datacenter expansion, sustainability commitments, and grid-interaction goals.
  • Anticipate energy market trends, grid constraints, and evolving regulatory frameworks to inform datacenter siting and capacity planning.
  • Drive integrated strategies for energy resilience, thermal management optimization, and on-site flexibility technologies.
  • Demand Response & Grid Flexibility

  • Lead development of grid-interactive datacenter capabilities enabling participation in:Demand response programsFlexibility and balancing marketsFrequency regulation and ancillary servicesPeak-shaving and load-shifting initiatives
  • Work with engineering and operations teams to design and implement load-shedding, battery optimization, and flexible load management solutions.
  • Evaluate feasibility and deployment pathways for on-si...
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    Job Details

    • Location Frankfurt, Hesse
    • Job Type Full-time
    • Category Operations Specialties Managers
    • Posted Date February 28, 2026
    • Application Deadline April 09, 2026