Data Center Energy Lead

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

58d•$1 - $2•Hybrid

About The Position

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. 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.

Requirements

Have 7+ years of experience in energy procurement, utility development, or power markets for large-scale infrastructure projects
Have deep expertise in wholesale power markets, utility interconnection processes, and transmission system planning
Have experience securing 100+ MW of power capacity and navigating complex utility service agreements or power purchase agreements
Are proficient in analyzing energy market dynamics, regulatory frameworks, and grid constraints to inform strategic decision-making
Have strong stakeholder management skills and experience building relationships with utilities, ISOs/RTOs, regulators, and policymakers
Have excellent communication skills and can translate complex grid and regulatory dynamics into actionable business strategies for technical and non-technical audiences

Nice To Haves

Past experience with energy procurement specifically for datacenters, high-performance computing, or AI/ML infrastructure
Familiarity with hyperscale infrastructure requirements and the unique power demands of large-scale AI training and inference workloads
Experience with regulatory affairs, energy policy advocacy, or engagement with state/federal energy commissions (FERC, state PUCs)
Background in transmission planning, interconnection study processes, or grid capacity analysis
Understanding of emerging grid technologies (energy storage, demand response, distributed energy resources) and how they can accelerate capacity delivery
Track record of structuring creative solutions to overcome grid constraints and compressed timelines in competitive power markets

Responsibilities

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
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
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
Partner with engineering and delivery teams to translate energy market dynamics and utility constraints into actionable capacity acceleration strategies that align procurement schedules with aggressive project timelines
Develop deep market intelligence on regional power availability, transmission constraints, and interconnection queue dynamics to inform site selection and deployment strategy
Structure innovative commercial frameworks and partnership models that enable faster power delivery and mitigate grid capacity risks across Anthropic's datacenter portfolio