Energy & Data Center Development Intern

We’re a team of friends bound together by a mission to preserve our planet for future generations through innovative energy solutions and modern infrastructure. In December 2025, Google announced an agreement to acquire Intersect, to enable more data center and generation capacity to come online faster while accelerating energy development and innovation. After close, we’ll continue doing exactly what we were built to do - develop, construct, and operate the most ambitious power and data infrastructure in the country.

Intersect’s operations will remain separate from Alphabet and Google under the Intersect brand. We’re on an aggressive growth trajectory and looking for people hungry to tackle the largest energy challenges on the planet.

About This Role

As part of Intersect’s development team, you’ll help advance clean energy and data center infrastructure opportunities through research, analysis, and clear communication. This internship is designed for someone who is excited to learn how development decisions get made and how data, policy, land, and market dynamics come together to move projects forward. You’ll support cross-functional teams by organizing project information, evaluating opportunities, and building materials that help stakeholders make informed decisions.

You’ll gain exposure to real development work while building practical skills in analysis, process improvement, and stakeholder communication.

Team Overview

This team plays a critical role in advancing Intersect’s mission to accelerate the clean energy transition by identifying, evaluating, and progressing infrastructure opportunities that can deliver long-term impact. Working across functions, the team brings together market insight, development strategy, policy awareness, and execution discipline to help projects move from early evaluation toward reality. Joining this team offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful work, learn from experienced colleagues, and grow in a collaborative, mission-driven environment.

What You’ll Do

Support Opportunity Evaluation

• Organize and analyze project information for clean energy and data center infrastructure initiatives

• Assist in evaluating greenfield and acquisition opportunities through economic, regulatory, and geospatial analysis

• Help assess how land use, energy supply, and policy considerations influence development potential

Create Clear Development Insights

• Build presentations, summaries, and visual materials that communicate key findings to internal stakeholders

• Translate datasets and research into clear, decision-driving insights that help teams prioritize opportunities

• Support development teams with well-structured analysis that improves visibility into project status and next steps

Strengthen Internal Tools and Processes

• Identify opportunities to improve internal development processes, workflows, and tracking tools

• Help create more efficient ways to organize project data and support repeatable team practices

• Contribute to a more effective operating environment by improving how information is collected and shared

Collaborate Across a Fast-Moving Team

• Work independently on assigned analyses while supporting cross-functional development efforts

• Partner with teammates across functions to gather inputs, refine materials, and move work forward

• Bring curiosity, follow-through, and a learning mindset to new challenges and evolving priorities

What You’ll Bring

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Public Policy, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field

• Academic or internship experience related to clean energy, infrastructure development, data analysis, and/or economic or environmental research

• Strong analytical and organizational skills that will help you succeed in a detail-oriented, fast-paced environment

• Ability to work with datasets and translate findings into useful, decision-driving insights

• Experience with Microsoft Excel and Google Workspace, including Sheets, Docs, and Slides

• Familiarity with GIS mapping tools; basic coding skills are a plus

• Foundational understanding of clean energy development, environmental policy, sustainability trends, or related infrastructure topics

• Awareness of how energy supply, land use, and state and federal regulations can shape large-scale data center development is helpful

• Connections to professors, student organizations, or research groups focused on energy systems, sustainability, infrastructure, or geographic analysis will help you ramp quickly

• Clear communication skills, with the ability to present analysis through organized documents, maps, and presentations

• An organized, analytical work style and comfort balancing independent work with collaboration across teams

• Curiosity, humility, and eagerness to learn in an environment where thoughtful questions and teamwork are valued

• Alignment with Intersect’s values of Equity, Humility, Authenticity, Long-run Value, and People Come First

• Interest in meaningful work that supports sustainable infrastructure and the long-term clean energy transition

Program Details

Duration: 10 weeks

Program Dates: June 1 – August 14

Location: Interns are expected to work in-person from our San Francisco office

Mentorship: Each intern will receive guidance from experienced professionals throughout the program

Capstone Presentation: Interns will present their final project to executive leadership at the end of the program

Compensation

• $35 USD per hour for undergraduate students.

• $45 USD per hour for graduate students.

Applicants must be authorized to work in Canada or the US. Intersect is unable to sponsor visas for this position.

Ready to gain real-world experience while contributing to meaningful innovation? Apply now and start building your career with Intersect.

Intersect maintains a work environment free from discrimination, one where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling Intersect's commitment to equal employment opportunity. Intersect does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by and consistent with applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline.