Data Center Energy Lead

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Anthropic</strong></h2> <p>Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.</p></div><p><strong>About the role</strong></p> <p>Anthropic's Infrastructure team is seeking a Data Center Energy Lead to secure power capacity and accelerate energy delivery for our rapidly expanding AI compute footprint. You'll work at the intersection of energy markets, utility operations, and AI infrastructure needs, leading multi-hundred megawatt procurement efforts and building strategic relationships with utilities, grid operators, and regulators across multiple jurisdictions. This role is essential to ensuring Anthropic can scale compute capacity efficiently while navigating complex energy market dynamics and regulatory environments to achieve the speed and scale required for frontier AI development.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Lead energy procurement and markets strategy to secure multi-hundred megawatt power capacity for AI infrastructure, structuring utility partnerships and commercial agreements that prioritize speed-to-energization and scale</p> </li> <li> <p>Own utility and regulatory stakeholder management across multiple jurisdictions, building strategic relationships with ISOs, transmission operators, and utilities to accelerate interconnection timelines and unlock constrained capacity</p> </li> <li> <p>Drive energy markets and policy strategy for AI compute facilities, monitoring regulatory developments and engaging policymakers to address grid capacity challenges and expedite approval processes for critical infrastructure</p> </li> <li> <p>Partner with engineering and delivery teams to translate energy market dynamics and utility