Finance, legal and corporate.
The business behind the build.

Executive search for the corporate leaders of data centre and AI infrastructure businesses: CFO and infrastructure finance, risk, legal and compliance, procurement and supply chain, commercial and HR.

Data centres are among the most capital-intensive assets in the world, and the businesses that build them run on project finance, long-term contracts, complex supply chains and fast-changing regulation. Corporate leaders who understand infrastructure, not just their function, make a direct difference to how fast a business can grow.

T4X searches for finance, risk, legal, procurement, commercial and people leaders for operators, AI cloud providers, developers, investors and their supply chain, from Head of function to the C-suite.

Corporate roles we search for

Finance, risk, legal, procurement, commercial and people leadership.

  • Finance

    CFO office, FP&A, project and infrastructure finance.

  • Legal & Compliance

    General counsel, regulatory, export control, ESG.

  • Commercial & Procurement

    Contracts, vendor and supply chain management.

  • HR & People

    CHRO, HR business partners, workforce strategy.

  • Strategy & M&A

    Corporate development, site selection, investment.

  • Marketing

    Brand, product marketing and communications.

Who we recruit for

  • Hyperscalers & Cloud

    Platforms adding gigawatts a year, hiring everything from regional build-out teams to global operations leadership.

  • AI & GPU Cloud

    Neoclouds and AI infrastructure providers standing up GPU capacity at speed, with liquid cooling at the core.

  • Telecommunications & Digital Infrastructure

    Telecommunications operators moving into data centres, sovereign AI and GPU-as-a-service, plus the fibre, subsea and edge networks that connect them.

  • Colocation & Wholesale

    Retail, wholesale and build-to-suit providers scaling campuses into new markets.

  • Developers & Investors

    Development platforms, infrastructure funds and sovereign-backed vehicles building and buying capacity.

  • Engineering & Supply Chain

    Design firms, contractors and OEMs across power, cooling and critical equipment.

How a search works

  1. Brief

    Role, organisation, market and what success looks like in the first year.

  2. Map

    Global mapping of the talent pool, including people not on the market.

  3. Approach

    Confidential, partner-led conversations with the right people.

  4. Shortlist

    Assessed, referenced candidates with a clear view on each.

  5. Close

    Offer negotiation, relocation, notice and onboarding support.

2 in 3 operators say they struggle to hire or retain qualified staff. (Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey, 2025)

Questions

Which corporate roles do you search for?

CFO, FP&A and project and infrastructure finance, risk, general counsel, regulatory, export control and ESG, procurement, contracts and supply chain, commercial, and CHRO and HR leadership.

Do you recruit infrastructure finance and capital markets leaders?

Yes, including CFOs and capital markets leaders for AI infrastructure platforms and investment and asset management for developers and funds.

Do you recruit for procurement and supply chain?

Yes. Commercial, contracts, vendor and supply chain leadership, for operators and for the engineering firms and OEMs that supply them.

Building capacity?
Build the team first.

Tell us what you're building and the role that can't wait.

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