Data Center Energy Lead
Leads energy procurement, utility partnerships, regulatory engagement, and power-capacity strategy for Anthropic’s Australian AI infrastructure expansion. The role requires 15+ years of Australian energy-market experience and expertise in grid connections, transmission constraints, and commercial energy agreements.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Develop creative energy deployment approaches, including grid-connected and behind-the-meter solutions, to achieve fast energization while maintaining social license.
- Lead energy procurement and markets strategy to secure multi-hundred-megawatt power capacity across the National Electricity Market (NEM), Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM), and Northern Territory Electricity Market (NTEM).
- Structure utility partnerships and commercial agreements that prioritize speed to energization and scale.
- Manage utility and regulatory stakeholders across Australian jurisdictions, including ISOs, Transmission Network Service Providers (TNSPs), Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSPs), and state regulators.
- Drive energy markets and policy strategy for AI compute facilities, monitoring the National Electricity Rules (NER) and regulatory developments and engaging policymakers to address grid capacity challenges.
- Partner with engineering and delivery teams to translate energy market dynamics and network constraints into capacity acceleration strategies.
- Develop market intelligence on regional power availability, transmission constraints, and connection queue dynamics to inform site selection and deployment strategy.
- Structure commercial frameworks and partnership models, including Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), network use-of-system arrangements, and behind-the-meter solutions.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in energy procurement, utility development, or power markets for large-scale infrastructure projects, with substantial exposure to the Australian energy landscape.
- Deep expertise in the NEM, WEM, and/or NTEM, network connection processes, and transmission system planning, including familiarity with market operators' Integrated System Plans.
- Experience securing power capacity and navigating network connection agreements, PPAs, or other offtake agreement structures in Australia.
- Proficiency analyzing energy market dynamics, regulatory frameworks, and grid constraints.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and experience building relationships with TNSPs, DNSPs, system operators, regulators, policymakers, and critical equipment vendors.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex grid and regulatory dynamics into actionable strategies.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in a relevant field.
Nice-to-haves
- Energy procurement experience for data centers, high-performance computing, or AI/ML infrastructure.
- Familiarity with hyperscale infrastructure requirements and the power demands of large-scale AI training and inference workloads.
- Experience with regulatory affairs, energy policy advocacy, or engagement with the AER, AEMC, AEMO, DCCEEW, and state energy departments or regulators.
- Background in transmission planning, connection studies, System Strength, Generator Performance Standards, or grid capacity analysis under the NER.
- Understanding of battery energy storage systems, demand response, virtual power plants, and distributed energy resources.
- Experience structuring solutions involving Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) and congested NEM regions.
Skills
Energy Procurement, Power Markets, National Electricity Market, Wholesale Electricity Market, Northern Territory Electricity Market, Power Purchase Agreements, Transmission Planning, Network Connection Processes, Energy Regulatory Frameworks, Grid Capacity Analysis, Battery Energy Storage Systems, Demand Response, Virtual Power Plants, Distributed Energy Resources, Data Centers
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