Jacqueline Dory Prescott has joined Anthropic as data center portfolio lead, coming from Google where she managed leased third-party powered shell data center projects across North and South America, overseeing a portfolio of 7 gigawatts across more than 20 buildings on seven campuses. Prescott also previously held roles at Stripe and Facebook, including seven years at Facebook as a program manager for data center energy and infrastructure. Her hire is part of a broad pattern: Anthropic has recruited numerous former Google data center professionals, including head of data center infrastructure Winnie Leung, design lead Liwen Mao, electrical lead Adam Johnson, and, earlier this month, Google's former head of data center global design and construction, John M. Wilson.
The concentration of senior Google data center talent at Anthropic indicates the AI company is rapidly assembling the internal expertise needed to build and operate large-scale infrastructure independently, rather than relying solely on cloud providers. The pace of hiring, with multiple Google veterans joining across construction, electrical, operations, security, and finance roles, signals Anthropic is moving toward significant direct data center investment.
Anthropic's hire of a senior Google data center executive signals the AI lab is aggressively scaling its infrastructure capacity planning — a notable talent move distinct from the already-published John Wilson/Anthropic EMEA story, as this involves a different executive and a different role.