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Google's head of data center design, John M. Wilson, has left the company to join Anthropic as a technical staff member. This move adds another senior Google infrastructure veteran to Anthropic's growing list of former Google employees. Anthropic has recruited several Google infrastructure experts recently, including Winnie Leung, Brett Rogers, Liwen Mao, Adam Johnson, Peter Sarossy, Zach Miller and Scarlett Chen.

These new hires bring a range of experience in construction, electrical systems, security, operations, energy, capacity planning and infrastructure finance to Anthropic. John Wilson, who spent six years at Google overseeing data center development and subsea infrastructure programs, brings major infrastructure expertise to Anthropic.

He described his new role as a demanding assignment due to the scale and importance of his responsibilities. The steady migration of Google's senior infrastructure specialists to Anthropic highlights a potential retention problem for Google that may require stronger incentives and stronger career paths to keep critical expertise within the company.