Anthropic is ramping up its efforts to win European data center contracts to power its AI models, as it looks to hire a role to negotiate computing capacity in the region.
U.S. hyperscaler AI infrastructure spending is expected to exceed $600 billion in 2026. Anthropic is looking to capitalize on the boom, announcing a number of data center deals in the US in recent weeks.
Although it hasn’t been announced in Europe yet, that may be about to change. Anthropic is currently seeking a principal to “drive the commercial procurement and transaction execution process” for European data center capacity transactions, according to a job ad posted in London.
Anthropic declined to comment on the job advertisement or its European data center plans.
This comes on the back of the company’s numerous AI infrastructure deals. Anthropic announced this week that it is committing more than $100 billion to Amazon Web Services technology over the next 10 years. We also signed an expansion contract with broadcom About 3.5 gigawatts worth of computing capacity was delivered earlier this month.
Anthropic is currently considering deals to acquire data center capacity directly from developers “around the world,” a person familiar with the discussions told CNBC.
Securing AI infrastructure
The “transaction principal” role will have a salary of between £225,000 ($303,806) and £270,000 and will be “critical” to securing the infrastructure that powers Anthropic’s frontier AI systems across Europe.
Responsibilities include sourcing European commercial data center deals, managing developer outreach and negotiating term sheets.
Candidates should have experience in data center markets in the ‘FLAP-D hubs’ (a term referring to Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin), alongside markets such as Northern Europe and Southern Europe.
Anthropic is also based in Australia and is recruiting for similar roles.
Scandinavia has low energy costs, making it an important hub for AI infrastructure in Europe.
last week microsoft has announced that it will occupy additional computing power at its Nscale site in Norway. OpenAI said at the time that it was in talks to lease computing from the big tech company and had previously planned to secure capacity directly from Nscale.
In March, Nevius announced plans to build one of Europe’s largest AI factories in Finland.
Microsoft also announced that it will invest billions of dollars in data centers in Portugal and Spain starting in early 2025. oracle It also announced cloud infrastructure plans for Italy.
Elsewhere, energy costs are disrupting some AI infrastructure deals. OpenAI confirmed earlier this month that it had scrapped plans for the UK Stargate project, citing energy costs and the country’s regulatory environment.
Both Anthropic and OpenAI have announced expansion of their European operations in recent weeks.
