Google's head of data center design has jumped ship to Anthropic — so will this lead to a huge boost in capacity?

Anthropic is assembling a deep bench of former Google infrastructure specialists Google continues to lose veterans across critical data center functions to Anthropic John M.

Wilson’s move adds another senior name to Anthropic’s infrastructure operation Google’s former global design and construction chief John M.

Wilson has joined Anthropic as a technical staff member overseeing EMEA capacity delivery.

Wilson spent six years at Google, where his responsibilities covered data center development and subsea infrastructure programs.

His arrival adds another senior infrastructure executive from Google to Anthropic, which has recruited several former employees for specialized data center roles.

A growing stream of Google infrastructure specialists Anthropic has also recruited Winnie Leung, who now leads data center infrastructure, while Brett Rogers moved after overseeing construction activities at Google.

Liwen Mao, previously a staff data center system architect at Google, now leads Anthropic’s data center design activities.

Adam Johnson spent a decade at Google before joining Anthropic in October as its data center electrical lead, adding another experienced infrastructure specialist.

Peter Sarossy, a Google veteran of 20 years, joined Anthropic in January as a staff member working on data center security engineering.

Zach Miller also moved after 17 years at Google, taking responsibility for data center operations management within Anthropic’s infrastructure organization.

Scarlett Chen, previously involved with advanced technology and innovation at Google, now works at Anthropic as a member of technical staff.

The hiring pattern extends beyond engineering, with Sana Ouji joining Anthropic’s energy team in April to help expand its data center portfolio.

Mike Brinker followed from Google a month later, taking responsibility for capacity delivery, while Asad Malik subsequently joined to lead compute finance strategy.

The series of appointments gives Anthropic personnel with experience spanning construction, electrical systems, security, operations, energy, capacity planning and infrastructure finance.