Data and AI company Databricks has unveiled plans to quadruple its London office footprint with a new 137,000 sq ft HQ in Fitzrovia.
The new EMEA hub, which will accommodate Databricks’ London and Ireland teams, is part of the company’s wider plans to invest more than $850m in the UK over the next three years.
This investment will help attract top AI talent, train the next generation of business leaders in data and AI, and meet rising demand for Lakebase, Databricks’ serverless Postgres database built for AI agents, and Genie, Databricks’ AI agent that lets any employee chat with their data and get answers instantly.
Michael Green, UK and Ireland managing director at Databricks, said: “The UK is a hub for AI innovation, and we are proud to make such a strong commitment to the market. When we opened our first dedicated UK office and EMEA hub in 2024, we had a clear aim: to be at the heart of the UK’s data and AI community, providing a space for our team and partners to come together to collaborate on the future of data and AI. This new office and investments accelerate that ambition even further.”
Samuel Bonamigo, SVP and GM, EMEA, Databricks, added: “Our investments in the UK are a true vote of confidence in our team, partners and customers that are driving the future of agentic AI. Our new EMEA hub will enable us to drive growth in the EMEA region and help businesses, at whatever stage of their journey, scale faster by unlocking the full power of Lakebase and Genie.”
