Microsoft, Google, Anthropic advertise six-figure data-center community relations jobs

Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic are advertising six-figure jobs for staff who handle community relations for data-center projects, according to a Semafor analysis.

Google's "data center strategic negotiator" postings ask candidates to deploy on short notice to contested municipal hearings and town halls to counter misinformation. Anthropic lists a salary floor of $265,000 for a role that requires spending half of the time on the road.

The Semafor report describes the roles as efforts to win over local towns where data centers are proposed. The report's wording that the roles involve "increasingly hostile territory" is Semafor's characterization, not a statement from the companies.