Anthropic plans to go the ‘OpenAI way’ in Europe as it eyes $600 billion-plus AI infrastructure budget of American technology companies

Dario Amodei-led AI company Anthropic is reportedly expanding its efforts to secure data centre capacity in Europe as global spending on AI infrastructure continues to rise. The company is hiring for key roles to negotiate data centre agreements in the region. As per the CNBC report, Anthropic is looking to hire for the role of a ‘Transaction Principal’ with a salary ranging between £225,000 ($303,806) and £270,000. The role, it says, will be “critical” to securing the infrastructure that powers Anthropic’s frontier AI systems across Europe. The role is expected to cover major European data centre hubs such as Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin, as well as markets in the Nordics and Southern Europe.