Data Center Manager (Tydal)

About this role

ABOUT VOLTA Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform – from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up.

We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds. About The Role Volta is building AI factories across Europe and North America. The Data Center Manager runs our AI factory in Tydal, Norway, and is accountable for its safety, security, uptime, reliability and efficient operation. The role reports to the Regional Director of Operations and leads the on-site operations team, including the Critical Facility Manager and the IT Infrastructure Manager.

You own the site's critical facility infrastructure across power and cooling, oversee the deployment and maintenance of IT infrastructure, make sure customer SLAs are consistently met and hold vendors and contractors to account. You are the main on-site contact for customers, auditors and suppliers, and you drive continuous improvement in site processes, energy efficiency and service quality. This is a 24x7x365 mission-critical environment.

The role is based at Tydal or within commuting distance, with an on-call escalation rotation and occasional travel to other sites and supplier facilities. What You Will Be Doing - Own the operation, monitoring and maintenance of the critical power and cooling infrastructure at Tydal - Run preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance programmes so every critical asset is maintained to OEM recommendations - Own capacity across power, cooling and space, and produce the forecasts that support customer growth and expansion - Drive energy efficiency to improve PUE and WUE, and make sure BMS, EPMS and DCIM alarms are acted on and their data is accurate - Oversee MOPs, SOPs and EOPs for all critical work, and enforce change management across every operational activity on site - Plan and coordinate IT infrastructure deployments, including racks, containment, structured cabling, cross-connects and meet-me room equipment, and manage customer installations from design review through to handover and acceptance - Keep asset inventory, rack elevations, power chain and cabling records accurate, and make sure every deployment meets power density, cooling, weight-loading and cabling standards - Act as the main on-site contact for customers, make sure contractual SLAs are met or exceeded, manage the ticketing process and lead monthly and quarterly service reviews - Lead incident management and communication during unplanned events, run root cause analysis and see corrective actions through - Select, contract and manage vendors and OEMs for maintenance, IT services, security, cleaning, fire protection and other site services, and make sure contractors on site work under MOPs, permits-to-work and safety requirements - Lead and develop the on-site operations team, including shift scheduling, on-call rotations, training and performance management - Own the site operating budget and contribute to capital planning for lifecycle replacement, upgrades and expansion - Maintain health and safety compliance, physical security, business continuity and disaster recovery plans, and prepare the site for audits, customer inspections and emergency drills What You Bring - Data centre operations experience is essential.