# Anthropic Built Its Brand on Restraint. Then It Started Hiring Infrastructure Dealmakers. - Date: 2026-04-23 - Category: Artificial Intelligence Sana Ouji spent six years managing power procurement for Google's data centers. Now she's building Anthropic's first dedicated energy team, weeks after OpenAI paused its own UK build citing energy costs — a signal the safety-first company is joining the same infrastructure race. ---