Anthropic is pushing to secure European data center deals to power its AI models, as it looks to play a role in negotiating compute capacity in the region.
AI infrastructure spending by US hyperscalers is set to exceed $600 billion in 2026. Anthropic is looking to take advantage of the boom and has announced several data center deals in the US in recent weeks.
Although it hasn’t been unveiled yet in Europe, that could be changing. Anthropic is now recruiting for a principal to “drive the commercial sourcing and transaction execution process” for its European data center capacity deals, according to a job ad posted in London.
Anthropic declined to comment on the job advertisement or its plans for data centers in Europe.
This comes on the back of several AI infrastructure deals for the company. Anthropic said this week it has committed to spending more than $100 billion on Amazon Web Services technology over the next 10 years. Also signed an extended agreement with broadcom For about 3.5 gigawatts worth of computing capacity earlier this month.
Anthropic is currently evaluating deals to acquire data center capacity directly from developers “around the world,” a source familiar with the discussions told CNBC.
Securing AI infrastructure
The ‘transaction principal’ role will pay between £225,000 ($303,806) and £270,000 and will be “critical” to securing the infrastructure powering Anthropic’s Frontier AI systems across Europe.
Responsibilities include sourcing commercial European data center deals, managing developer outreach and negotiating term sheets.
The candidate must have experience of the data center market in the “FLAP-D Hub” – this term refers to Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin – along with markets such as the Nordics and Southern Europe.
Anthropic is also hiring for a similar role in Australia.
The Nordics have become prime locations for AI infrastructure in Europe due to cheaper energy costs.
last week Microsoft announced that it will take additional computing capacity at the Enscale site in Norway. OpenAI said at the time that it was in talks to rent compute from the Big Tech company, with plans to first secure capacity directly from Enscale.
in March, nebius Plans to build one of Europe’s largest AI factories in Finland have been unveiled.
Microsoft has also said it will spend billions of dollars on data centers in Portugal and Spain starting in 2025. Oracle Also announced cloud infrastructure plans in Italy.
Elsewhere, energy costs have put the brakes on some AI infrastructure deals. Earlier this month, OpenAI confirmed it had halted plans for its UK Stargate project, citing energy costs and the country’s regulatory environment.
Both Anthropic and OpenAI have announced they will be expanding European operations in recent weeks.
