Colocation / DatacentreEU-WestHypothetical composite

How a regional colocation operator staffed a 14 MW hyperscaler tenant build-out in 11 days.

From role brief to a senior network engineer on site, under a Riviot-held MSA, with no recruiter fees.

We had won the tenant in March. We needed someone who'd actually done leaf-spine EVPN at scale, ideally with one of the hyperscalers, and we needed them on site before the first cabinet went in. Riviot came back with three candidates inside a working week — all evidence-led, not interview-led. The one we chose was on site eleven days after we briefed.

— Director of Engineering — hypothetical composite based on three real EU colocation conversations

Brief → on-site

11 days

Riviot Score (placed candidate)

94 / 100

Reviewer-approved shortlist

3 candidates

Cost vs incumbent recruiter

−40 %

Tenant milestone delivery

9 days ahead

The challenge

A 90-day window. A specialist gap. An MSA the buyer wasn't willing to hold.

▸Won a 14 MW hyperscaler tenant; 90-day window to provision network, power, cooling, and the senior staffing to validate each.
▸Existing recruiter relationships returned generic-CV pipelines: lots of 'network engineer' titles, no one with proven leaf-spine EVPN-VXLAN at hyperscaler-tenant scale.
▸In-house hiring rejected on timeline: minimum 8-week cycle, plus on-boarding and tooling provisioning before useful output.
▸Risk profile of the tenant demanded an MSA-held, indemnified engagement — not a direct contractor relationship.

Our approach

Brief on Tuesday. Shortlist by Friday. On site by week two.

1Brief landed in Riviot on a Tuesday morning. Vio matched on Infrastructure Evidence Index (≥ 80), Ecosystem Depth Rating in Cisco + Arista (≥ 75), and Operational Complexity Score on Tier-IV environments.
2Reviewer-approved a shortlist of three candidates within three working days, each with a Riviot Score above 87 and prior EVPN-VXLAN evidence visible on their verified-by-Vio profile.
3Hiring manager interviewed two; selected one (Riviot Score 94, Elite Admit tier). Riviot held the MSA; candidate-side ID + Sterling background check completed in parallel.
4First invoice cycle aligned to the tenant's milestone schedule; weekly time approval through the Riviot employer dashboard.

The outcome

Faster, cheaper, and the contractual risk left the building.

✓Engineer on site eleven working days after the original brief.
✓Tenant cabinets provisioned 9 days ahead of the operator's internal target.
✓Engagement extended at the 90-day mark; second candidate (cloud architect) placed against the same MSA inside two days.
✓Total commercial cost over the build-out: roughly 40 % lower than the operator's prior incumbent recruiter framework — and the MSA risk transferred entirely to Riviot.

Note on this case study. The scenario above is a composite drawn from three real conversations with EU colocation operators staffing hyperscaler tenant build-outs in 2024–25. Names, exact timelines, and figures are illustrative. We publish only customer-approved real stories under named attribution — those will appear here as they ship. This composite exists to make our engagement model concrete for new buyers evaluating the platform.

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