Job brief: Sr. Counsel, Datacenter Development & Infrastructure

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• Listed on SpaceX's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-07 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address SpaceX's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Bastrop, TX
• Posted: 2026-11-06

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Sr".

Must have

• Draft and negotiate land purchases, easements (including power line, gas pipeline, and utility rights-of-way), rights-of-way, leases, power purchase agreements (PPAs), interconnec…
• Active licensed attorney
• 7+ years of legal experience
• 7+ years of experience with real estate, land use, and/or large-scale power and utility infrastructure development issues, preferably including hyperscale datacenter or major indu…
• Must be admitted to the bar, in good standing, in at least one U.S. state
• Must be willing to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed

Conditions

• Willingness to travel occasionally to project sites and different offices for a week at a time
• employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/…

Main duties

• Provide expert legal guidance on matters related to developing large-scale datacenter infrastructure and supporting utilities — acquisition and development o…
• Draft and negotiate land purchases, easements (including power line, gas pipeline, and utility rights-of-way), rights-of-way, leases, power purchase agreemen…
• Advise on municipal, county, State, and Federal requirements related to zoning, building and construction permitting, environmental reviews, power generation…
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to brief county, State, and Federal regulators on applicable matters, including public utility commissions, environmen…
• Negotiate complex construction contracts, engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) agreements, vendor and supply contracts related to datacenter buildout, …

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• Across SpaceX's 2,896 open listings, 59% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How SpaceX hires

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