Full-Time
Datacentre Site Engineer 2
Electrical
Posted on 10/31/2025
Digital Realty
5,001-10,000 employees
Global data center REIT with interconnection
No salary listed
United Kingdom
In Person
 General Maintenance & Repair (1) |
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- Experience in mission critical operations and maintenance of large scale electrotechnical and/or Electrical and Mechanical systems
- Technical education / training certification in the field of mission critical operations
- HVAC Mechanical and/or Electrical
- A good level of computer literacy, specifically in Excel, Word, Outlook etc.
- Able to work in shifts
- Education to a vocational level in a technical field and/or site engineering position
- Skilled in maintenance of electrotechnical and/or Electrical and Mechanical systems common to data centers, including but not limited to: High and Low Voltage Power Distribution (Switchgear, Transformers, UPS systems, Generators); Cooling Systems (Chillers, CRAC/CRAH units, Cooling Towers, Pumps, Piping); Building Management Systems (BMS) for monitoring and control of electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
- Preferably skilled in electrical switching and isolation procedures in a critical environment
- Novice in maintaining mechanical systems
- Pro-active with a Customer and Business focused and is searching for ways to enhance the agreed services to provide the customer with the best possible outcome
- Has attention to detail and having a ‘Hands-on’ mentality
- Is stress resilient
- Good communication skills
- Drive adherence to company safety policies, operational efficiency, and core values.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and legal requirements.
- Manage maintenance and repair operations, including coordination with subcontractors.
- Perform on-call duties and manage incidents as necessary.
- Document progress, issues, and results, and implement improvement measures.
- Provide supervision to Site Engineers I, including task assignment, performance evaluation, and professional development guidance.
- Demonstrate advanced proficiency in technical skills pertinent to the role, covering troubleshooting and maintenance tasks.
- Responsible for writing and reviewing of operating procedures and assisting with the planning of critical maintenance / change requests
Digital Realty Trust owns and operates a global portfolio of data centers that it leases to cloud providers, enterprises, and service firms. It makes money mainly from long-term leases of space, ranging from wholesale and hyperscale capacity to retail colocation, plus growing interconnection services that link customers to clouds and networks inside its facilities. The company differentiates itself with a large global footprint, a history of strategic acquisitions, and a strong focus on sustainability and renewable energy to fund its projects. Its goal is to provide a scalable, interconnected digital infrastructure platform that supports customers’ multi‑cloud needs and data workloads while expanding its own portfolio and services.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
Founded
2004
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Record 200MW AI inference lease drives 21% AI bookings and $1.8B backlog.
- $3.25B hyperscale fund fuels $16.5B pipeline at 11.4% yields.
- S$7B Singapore and €2B Italy investments capture AI demand in constrained markets.
What critics are saying
- Equinix displaces Digital Realty in Northern Virginia's sub-5% vacancy market within 12 months.
- Loudoun County grid queues delay hyperscale builds by 3-5 years via Dominion Energy.
- Singapore government rejects Digital Realty's 60MW bid, awarding to Equinix in 6 months.
What makes Digital Realty unique
- PlatformDIGITAL® enables secure interconnections across 300+ facilities in 55+ metros.
- Carrier-neutral model connects 5,000+ customers to 140+ cloud providers in key hubs.
- REIT structure delivers stable long-term leases with 99.999% uptime over a decade.
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Company News
Garry Tan (YC CEO) shared: $425B spent building US data centers in 2025 = ~1.5% of GDP. Loudoun County, Virginia is the epicenter of the data center boom, home to major facilities from Equinix, Digital Realty, AWS, and others.
Digital Realty Trust plans to invest €2 billion in Italy over the next five years as part of a Mediterranean-focused expansion in Europe. The Austin-based data centre operator will construct facilities in Rome and Milan, expecting to hire hundreds of local staff. The investment reflects growing demand for data centre infrastructure in Southern Europe as companies expand their digital operations across the region.
Digital Realty pledges S$7 billion investment in Singapore, including new data centers. Company looks to add to three existing facilities in a constrained market April 09, 2026 US colocation giant Digital Realty is planning a large-scale investment in Singapore. The company this week announced it is targeting nearly S$7 billion (US$5.48bn) of total investment in Singapore. Digital's SIN12 facility in Singapore - Digital Realty That figure includes more than S$4.3 billion (US$3.37bn) planned for new data center developments, building on existing investments. Further details of any new facilities were not shared. "Singapore is emerging as a critical hub for AI inference in Asia Pacific," said Serene Nah, managing director and head of Asia Pacific, Digital Realty. "As organizations deploy AI in real-world environments, they need secure, highly connected infrastructure close to where data is created and consumed. This S$7 billion investment target demonstrates our confidence in Singapore's role as the region's AI infrastructure anchor. We're not just expanding capacity - we're building the operational capabilities, innovation facilities, and local talent base needed to support customers as AI enters production at scale." Digital Realty currently lists three data centers in Singapore: SIN10, SIN11, and SIN12, totaling 925,000 sq ft (85,900 sq ft) of colocation space and 70MW of capacity. The company first entered Singapore in 2010, acquiring a newly developed data center. First announced in 2019, the 50MW SIN12 (also known as Digital Loyang II) launched in 2021. Announced in 2015, the 13MW SIN11 (aka Digital Loyang I) was redeveloped from a former paper store and launched in 2016. Singapore has had a moratorium on new data center developments since 2019 (although already authorized facilities were allowed to be built after this point), but this is starting to be relaxed. Equinix, GDS, Microsoft, and a consortium of AirTrunk and TikTok-owner ByteDance were collectively allocated 80MW of capacity in 2023. Digital reportedly missed out on a capacity allocation, with reports suggesting the company had applied to develop a 60MW facility. The Singapore government is currently requesting applications for further data center projects, and is set to allow up to 200MW of capacity to be developed. Get a roundup of the latest regional news across Asia fortnightly. More in colocation & wholesale.
Digital Realty has opened its first Asia Pacific innovation lab in Tokyo, Japan, marking the second such facility globally after Northern Virginia. The Digital Realty Innovation Lab at the NRT12 data centre is designed to help enterprises test and optimise AI and hybrid cloud architectures under real-world conditions. Established through MC Digital Realty, a joint venture between Digital Realty and Mitsubishi Corporation, the facility supports Japan's push to invest over 10 trillion yen in semiconductor and AI technologies by 2030. The lab features both air-cooled and direct liquid-cooled environments for high-power-density workloads. Over 20 partner companies are currently using the facility to explore AI-ready infrastructure. Digital Realty plans to launch a third innovation lab in Singapore in the second half of 2026.
Digital Realty has opened NRT14, its third data centre at the NRT campus in Inzai City, Japan. The facility brings the campus's total IT power capacity to nearly 100 megawatts. Developed through MC Digital Realty, a 50/50 joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, NRT14 features hybrid liquid- and air-cooling capabilities optimised for next-generation graphics processing units. The facility is amongst the first in Japan to achieve DGX-Ready Data Center certification, enabling it to support high-density AI workloads exceeding 100 kilowatts. NRT14 offers colocation services of up to 150 kilowatts per rack and provides a low-latency network environment. The facility addresses growing demand in the Tokyo metropolitan area for scalable data centres supporting AI training and inference deployments.