The data centre market is no longer constrained by capital. It is constrained by power, location, and the people who know how to deliver at this scale.
US data centre construction is running at an annualised rate of over $50 billion. Hyperscalers are compressing full build timelines from site selection through commissioning. AI workloads are demanding power densities five to ten times higher than traditional cloud infrastructure — changing what facilities need to look like, how they need to be cooled, and who needs to build and operate them.
We work across both engagement models, and across client types where the commercial structure differs.
Contract and SOW recruitment — for project-based delivery, we place specialists across the full build lifecycle under contract and Statement of Work (SOW) structures. Under a SOW model, Cititec invoices against defined deliverables and milestones rather than time and materials — which is the preferred structure for procurement teams managing complex, multi-phase data centre programmes. Typical engagements run from six months to three years for hyperscale programmes.
Permanent recruitment — for senior leadership and architecture hires, we run retained and contingency search across the market. The most experienced data centre leaders are rarely actively looking. Our approach focuses on the passive candidate — identifying the right person for a brief, building the relationship before the role is open, and moving quickly when the window is right.
Looking to hire data centre & AI infrastucture talent?
The data centre market moves quickly. The talent pool at senior and specialist level is thin, and the most experienced professionals are rarely available for long. If you have a project in planning, a build in progress, or a leadership gap to fill, the right time to start the conversation is before the role is formally open.
Get in touch to discuss your requirements.