- Microsoft’s VP of Energy Brian Janous is leaving.
- Janous was the first employee of Microsoft’s data center energy group.
- He was just promoted to his current position this month.
Brian Janous, Microsoft’s VP in charge of data center energy strategy, is leaving just a month after being promoted to his current position, Insider has learned.
Janous spent more than 11 years at Microsoft, primarily overseeing the company’s cloud infrastructure energy and sustainability efforts. He was the first employee on Microsoft’s energy team and was promoted to VP of Energy in June 2023, according to his Linkedin page. Janous will support the transition through the end of July. It’s unclear what he plans to do next.
“It is with mixed emotions that I announce Brian Janous has made the decision to leave Microsoft to pursue his next opportunity,” Aditya Dalmia, Microsoft’s CVP of Cloud Infrastructure and Planning said in an internal email obtained by Insider. “Brian was the first employee on the Energy team and with his passion and dedication established a thriving Energy function and Industry leading team setting us up for success and continued growth.”
Janous is the latest executive to leave Microsoft’s broader Cloud Operations and Innovations team, which manages the company’s all-important cloud infrastructure. The group, internally called CO+I, is led by CVP Noelle Walsh, who reports to cloud boss Scott Guthrie. At least 6 other senior leaders have left the group within the past year, according to a person familiar with the matter and their Linkedin pages.
Those people include: Jennifer Weitzel, VP of Cloud Infrastructure Lease M&A; Osvaldo Morales, group CTO; Michael Czamara, CVP; Dan Madrigal, Head of Data Center Mergers and Acquisitions; Jeffrey Cox, GM of infrastructure planning; and Tejas Sukhadia, GM of cloud infrastructure.
In an email to Insider, Microsoft’s spokesperson confirmed Janous’s departure.
“The Cloud Operations and Innovation leadership team has continued to evolve over the past year. Through these changes we have maintained a high employee growth rate and worked to ensure we are set up to prioritize strategic growth areas for our future, and in support of our customers and partners,” the spokesperson said.
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