Anthropic looking to hire talent to drive Europe expansion: Report

Anthropic is seeking to hire a senior executive to secure data centre capacity across Europe.

The San Francisco-headquartered AI company is looking to appoint a London-based “Transaction Principal” to lead commercial sourcing and negotiations for its European compute capacity, according to a report put out by CNBC on Thursday.

The position is described as being “critical” to powering the company's next-generation AI systems, the report added.


The hiring effort comes as Anthropic looks to extend its aggressive infrastructure buildout beyond the US, where it has recently inked multiple data centre agreements.

Last April, the Claude chatbot-maker said it would create more than 100 roles in Europe, including in Dublin and London. It also appointed Guillaume Princen as its Europe, Middle East and Africa head.

The London-based role offers up to £270,000 and will focus on key European hubs — Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin — as well as emerging regions, including the Nordics, where lower energy costs are attracting AI infrastructure projects.

Tech giants ⁠Microsoft, Amazon, ⁠Alphabet and Meta planned to spend about $635 billion on data centres, chips, and other AI infrastructure in 2026, S&P Global said last month.

Anthropic is aiming to capture a share of that momentum, committing over $100 billion to Amazon Web Services over the next decade and expanding a major compute agreement with Broadcom.

The company is also evaluating direct data centre capacity deals with developers globally, the report added.

Last November, Anthropic expanded its operations across Europe, and opened offices in Paris and Munich.

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Anthropic’s move comes amid intensifying competition in Europe. Last July, OpenAI launched its first Stargate data centre project in Europe, partnering with developer Nscale Global Holdings and investment group Aker ASA to open a $1-billion facility in Norway.

Last April, Microsoft made five digital commitments to Europe, including adding 40 data centres in 16 countries over the next two years.

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