# Data Center Energy Lead, EMEA

**Company**: Anthropic
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £1-£1 GBP
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116758847

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## Description

Anthropic's Infrastructure team is seeking a Data Center Energy Lead to secure power capacity and accelerate energy delivery for their rapidly expanding AI compute footprint across the EMEA region. This is a multi-country role, covering several EU jurisdictions from a single EU base. The successful candidate will work at the intersection of energy markets, physical power, project development, and AI infrastructure needs.

## Responsibilities

- Develop creative means of energy deployment that drive the fastest timelines to energization while maintaining social license.

- Lead energy procurement and markets strategy to secure multi-hundred megawatt power capacity for AI infrastructure across EU wholesale electricity markets and national capacity mechanisms.

- Own utility and regulatory stakeholder management across multiple European jurisdictions, building strategic relationships with TSOs, DSOs, and regulators.

- Drive energy markets and policy strategy for AI compute facilities, monitoring EU network codes, national grid codes, and regulatory developments.

- Partner with engineering and delivery teams to translate energy market dynamics and network constraints into actionable capacity acceleration strategies.

- Develop deep market intelligence on regional power availability, transmission constraints, and connection 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.

## Requirements

- 15+ years of experience in energy procurement, utility development, or power markets for large-scale infrastructure projects, with substantial exposure to European energy markets.

- Deep expertise in EU electricity markets, national capacity mechanisms, network connection processes, and transmission system planning.

- Experience securing 100+ MW of power capacity and navigating complex network connection agreements, Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), or other offtake agreement structures in Europe.

- Proficiency in analyzing energy market dynamics, regulatory frameworks, and grid constraints to inform strategic decision-making.

- Strong stakeholder management skills and experience building relationships with TSOs, DSOs, national regulators, and policymakers.

## Nice to Have

- Past experience with energy procurement specifically for datacentres, 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 national regulators, TSOs, ACER, ENTSO-E, and the European Commission.

## Logistics

- Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.

- Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

- Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time.

- Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas and will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa if offered the role.

## Benefits

- Competitive compensation and benefits.

- Optional equity donation matching.

- Generous vacation and parental leave.

- Flexible working hours.

The annual compensation range for this role is £1-£1 GBP.

## Skills

### Required
- energy procurement
- power markets
- EU electricity markets
- regulatory frameworks
- grid constraints
- stakeholder management

### Nice to have
- datacentre energy procurement
- hyperscale infrastructure
- regulatory affairs
- energy policy advocacy

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