Anthropic's latest hiring spree reveals where it's building AI data centers next

Anthropic is racing to increase its AI compute capacity in the Asia-Pacific region, as the company scrambles to keep up with soaring demand for its products. The U.S.-based AI lab is currently hiring for 13 roles in its compute department — which focuses on developing and managing AI data centres — of which eight are based in Australia or Japan. In Japan, the company is hiring for two roles: sourcing data center deals and a data center electrical engineer. Six open Australia-based roles all focus on data center engineers and operators. In April, Anthropic was also hiring for a data center deal sourcing role in the country. Anthropic, the world's most valuable private company, announced a slew of U.S.-based data center deals in the spring, and was hiring a role for negotiating compute capacity in Europe in April. It's increasingly looking to overseas expansion as usage of its enterprise and consumer products has gained momentum in recent months. "Growth at this pace places an inevitable strain on our infrastructure; our unprecedented consumer growth, in particular, has impacted reliability and performance," the company said in an April blog post. 'Abundant energy' Anthropic has continued its pace of breakneck growth in spite of continued tension with the U.S. administration over the use of its AI models. The AI lab raised $65 billion in May at a $965 billion valuation. …