AI Infrastructure Engineer Emerging Technologies

Cologix

Job Location:

Dallas, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Our Company:

Headquartered in Denver Colorado Cologix is a leading North America network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company. Our platform gives customers access to 45 digital edge and Scalelogix hyperscale edge data centers in 13 markets across the United States and Canada along with a carrier-dense ecosystem of 710 networks 360 cloud providers 35 onramps and seven Internet exchanges. We provide our nearly 2000 customers with direct access to our local operations teams resulting in strong partnerships enabled by exceptional operational support and unparalleled customer service. Backed by one of the largest North American infrastructure funds Cologixs experienced leadership team certified staff and commitment to ESG initiatives help form a culture that values our people our environment and our clients.

About the Position:

The AI Infrastructure Engineer Emerging Technologies will support the Office of the VP of Technology Engineering & Innovation in evaluating designing and developing next-generation AI-ready data center infrastructure strategies.

This role serves as a bridge between emerging AI technologies and practical implementation across data center development engineering construction operations and energy infrastructure planning.

The position will focus on assessing how rapidly evolving AI compute architectures high-density rack deployments advanced cooling systems and emerging power technologies will impact future data center design standards development strategies construction methodologies and operational models.

The ideal candidate combines expertise in AI infrastructure power systems cooling technologies and emerging compute platforms with the ability to translate industry trends into actionable engineering and infrastructure strategies for future AI-enabled data center environments.

This role is ideal for someone who is highly analytical technically curious and capable of bridging emerging AI compute trends with real-world infrastructure strategy and execution. This individual should be comfortable operating across engineering operations construction energy strategy and innovation functions while helping shape the future direction of AI-enabled data center development.

This role will help evaluate and guide the following areas:

Future AI rack density and power consumption trends
Impacts of next-generation GPU and AI chip architectures
Optical networking and switching implications on infrastructure design
AI workload impacts on utility infrastructure and power quality
Evolution of liquid cooling and high-density thermal management
Grid-parallel and microgrid strategies for AI campuses
Future AI-ready development and construction standards
Long-term AI infrastructure innovation roadmaps
Vendor technology evaluation and infrastructure modernization strategies

What you do daily:

AI Infrastructure Strategy & Analysis

Support the VP of Technology Engineering & Innovation in evaluating emerging AI infrastructure technologies and future-ready data center strategies.
Analyze AI workload characteristics including:

Training vs. inference workloads
GPU utilization patterns
Dynamic workload fluctuations
Rack-level power variability
Networking and latency requirements

Assess implications of AI workload behavior on infrastructure resiliency scalability efficiency and operational design.
Develop technical recommendations and infrastructure strategies supporting future AI deployments.

AI Compute & Chip Architecture Evaluation

Analyze current and future AI compute platforms including NVIDIA GPU architectures ARM-based platforms custom AI accelerators and ASICs optical networking and switching technologies and emerging hyperscaler-designed AI chips.
Evaluate implications of evolving chip architectures on rack density power consumption cooling requirements electrical distribution mechanical infrastructure space planning and future development standards.
Model current and future AI rack power density trends including existing high-density deployments (50120 kW) near-term AI deployments (150300 kW) and future ultra-dense AI cluster scenarios.
Assess long-term impacts of emerging chip architectures on energy efficiency and future data center design and development standards.

Data Center Design Development & Construction

Support conceptual and detailed design efforts for AI-ready data center infrastructure.
Assist in developing long-term infrastructure roadmaps for high-density AI deployments liquid cooling adoption modular infrastructure strategies utility coordination grid-parallel and microgrid solutions and future AI campus development.
Evaluate implications of AI infrastructure evolution on greenfield developments existing facility retrofits construction methodologies scalability and future campus master planning.
Collaborate with engineering development and construction teams to develop scalable AI-ready infrastructure standards and deployment models.

Energy Strategy & Power Infrastructure

Collaborate closely with the Energy Strategy Team to evaluate utility constraints interconnection requirements grid limitations dynamic load fluctuation impacts power quality and resiliency considerations and onsite generation and distributed energy solutions.
Support analysis of grid-parallel and islanded microgrid architectures fuel cells Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) bridge power solutions natural gas generation and renewable integration opportunities.
Evaluate implications of AI workloads on substation development transmission planning utility coordination and energy efficiency and PUE optimization.
Assess how future AI compute growth will influence utility planning and power infrastructure strategies.

Cooling & Thermal Management Technologies

Analyze current and emerging thermal management solutions including air cooling direct-to-chip liquid cooling immersion cooling rear-door heat exchangers and hybrid cooling architectures.
Assess implications of ultra-high-density AI deployments on mechanical system design water usage cooling scalability heat rejection strategies thermal resiliency and future cooling infrastructure standards.
Evaluate cooling technologies and infrastructure requirements as AI rack densities continue to increase.

Vendor Engagement & Emerging Technology Assessment

Interface directly with technology vendors OEMs utilities and strategic partners across power generation UPS systems electrical infrastructure cooling technologies liquid cooling platforms AI compute infrastructure and networking and optical interconnect technologies.
Lead technical assessments of next-generation technologies with respect to reliability scalability energy efficiency sustainability AI workload performance construction complexity and operational resiliency.
Support proof-of-concept initiatives pilot deployments and technology benchmarking efforts.
Develop executive-level recommendations regarding adoption of emerging AI infrastructure technologies and strategic engineering standards.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Collaborate with design engineering construction operations energy strategy procurement utilities technology partners and external engineering firms and consultants.
Support strategic planning initiatives and executive-level technical presentations.
Assist in developing future infrastructure standards and innovation roadmaps for AI-enabled data center platforms.

What makes you a good fit: (Qualifications)

Required

Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science Data Center Engineering or a related technical discipline.
5 years of experience in one or more of the following: data center infrastructure AI/HPC infrastructure power systems engineering cooling technologies or advanced infrastructure engineering.
Strong understanding of emerging AI compute technologies and infrastructure implications.
Ability to analyze complex technical systems and translate findings into actionable engineering and infrastructure strategies.

Preferred

Masters degree and/or PhD in Engineering Computer Science Data Science Energy Systems or a related technical field.
Experience with hyperscale or colocation data center environments.
Knowledge of GPU infrastructure and AI workload behavior.
Familiarity with utility coordination and energy systems.
Understanding of high-density cooling technologies.
Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure development projects.
PE license or equivalent advanced technical credentials.

***Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or transfer sponsorship of an employment visa at this time including CPT/OPT.***

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

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Understanding and following Cologixs information security cybersecurity privacy

and environmental management policies procedures and standards.

Ensuring conformance with the requirements of both the Information Security

Management System (ISMS) and the Environmental Management System (EMS).

Remaining vigilant and reporting any information security or environmental incidents

vulnerabilities risks or non-conformities to the appropriate teams.

Actively participating in Cologixs efforts to maintain and improve information security

and environmental performance.

Required Experience:

About Our Company:Headquartered in Denver Colorado Cologix is a leading North America network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company. Our platform gives customers access to 45 digital edge and Scalelogix hyperscale edge data centers in 13 markets across the United States and...