Meta
Principal, Global Data Center Planning
$271K–$347K
Menlo Park, CA · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 3, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years in infrastructure strategy, capacity planning, hardware/cloud infrastructure, supply strategy, or adjacent domains.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; also lists a BS in engineering, computer science, operations research, economics, or another quantitative/analytical field (or equivalent practical experience).
About the job
Leads Meta’s global, multi-year data center capacity planning, translating infrastructure and AI demand into executable supply strategies and executive investment decisions.
What you'll do
- Own and refresh integrated global capacity plans, scenarios, and the Plan of Record.
- Evaluate infrastructure investment tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations for leadership.
- Coordinate AI cluster planning, planning-system improvements, risk mitigation, and cross-functional alignment.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical or quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strength in quantitative analysis and modeling, including scenario and sensitivity analysis.
- Strong understanding of large-scale infrastructure systems and data center constraints.
- Ability to drive alignment in ambiguous environments and communicate complex decisions to senior leaders.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI infrastructure planning and large-cluster constraints.
- Experience with planning systems or data pipelines at scale, and/or partnering with IDC delivery or capacity engineering.
Pay
$271,000/year to $347,000/year USD base salary
AI focus
Plan for AI-driven demand, training/inference patterns, and large-cluster requirements and constraints.
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