# Head of Data Center Operations (Facility Operations) at Crux

- Company: Crux
- What the company does: Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.cruxdata.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Palo Alto
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-24
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/crux/14876cc9-c036-413d-9ab4-3056ea7220da
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/crux-head-of-data-center-operations-facility-operations/

## About the role

You will own critical facility operations for Crux’s entire fleet — every megawatt of electrical, mechanical, and controls infrastructure our TPU clusters depend on, across owned campuses and third-party colocation sites. You are accountable for uptime: the maintenance programs, operating procedures, compliance regime, and 24/7 site teams that keep high-density, liquid-cooled environments continuously available for AI workloads that do not tolerate thermal or power excursions.

## What they're looking for

- 15+ years in critical facility or data center operations, including 7+ years leading multi-site facility operations organizations at portfolio scale — you have owned uptime for a fleet
- Built or scaled a facility operations program through rapid growth: standards libraries, CMMS deployments, commissioning-to-operations handoffs, and vendor/colo O&M management under contractual SLAs
- Hyperscaler facility operations leadership (Meta, Google, AWS, Microsoft) or neocloud fleet operations during a rapid ramp
- Direct-to-chip liquid cooling plant operations at production scale (CDUs, TCS/FWS loops, water chemistry programs)
- Experience holding colocation operators to SLA across a leased portfolio, including audit and compliance program design
- Commissioning leadership (Levels 1–5, IST) on mission-critical projects and first-year plant tuning

Tags: Development