Executive search

Data Center Executive Search

Net Zero Search is a partner-led executive search firm for data centers and digital infrastructure. We build leadership teams for hyperscale and colocation platforms across development, design, construction, commissioning and critical operations in the UK, Europe and North America, with a 98% retained-to-fill rate and a first shortlist in two to four weeks.

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Roles we place

Leadership across the value chain.

How we're different

Built for the hires that can't go wrong.

Partner-led

The partner who wins your mandate runs it from brief to placement. 100% partner-delivered.

Sector-exclusive

We work only in data centers and the wider energy transition, with networks built since 2010.

No junior hand-off

No researchers taking over after the pitch. The same expert stays on your search throughout.

Placement guarantee

Every retained mandate carries a placement guarantee, backed by a 98% retained-to-fill rate.

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FAQ

Common questions.

What is data center executive search?

It's retained search for the leadership roles across data center development, construction, commissioning and critical operations, for both hyperscale and colocation platforms.

How is data center executive search different from general infrastructure search?

Data centers sit at the intersection of construction, power and technology, so the leadership pool overlaps with energy, but the operational language (uptime, critical facilities, colocation) doesn't. A generalist infrastructure recruiter can usually find one side of that. Finding people fluent in both is the harder search.

Which data center roles do you place?

CEOs, Heads of Development, design and commissioning leaders, and critical-facilities and operations leadership for hyperscale and colocation platforms.

Do you place critical facilities and operations leaders specifically?

Yes. Getting a data center built is one search. Keeping it running at the uptime a hyperscale client demands is a different skill set entirely, and we place for both.

How fast is your shortlist?

Two to four weeks to a first shortlist, with 98% of retained searches filled.

Do you work with private equity-backed data center platforms?

Yes, regularly. Most of our data center mandates come from investors scaling a platform after acquisition, or standing up a platform around a founding team.