Databricks opens San Francisco headquarters with 201,000 square feet and more to come

Databricks has moved its global headquarters to One Sansome in San Francisco, opening 201,000 square feet last week for employees, customers and partners. The company disclosed the opening on November 11, placing its AI research and product teams in a larger home while leaving another stage of the office expansion for next fall.

Open now is not the final footprint

The office is already larger than the space Databricks described when it announced the lease in March 2025. That earlier plan called for more than 150,000 square feet. The opening footprint is 201,000 square feet, and the company plans to reach 235,000 square feet by fall 2027.

Databricks places the move within its previously announced commitment to invest more than $1 billion in San Francisco operations by early 2028.

A home for research and product work

San Francisco is the central hub for Databricks’ AI Research team. In explaining its choice of location, the company points to the Bay Area’s universities, research institutions and technical talent. It also identifies teams at One Sansome as builders of Genie, its enterprise AI agent, and Lakebase, its database for applications and AI agents.

From Spear Street to One Sansome

The move replaces a headquarters that dates to a much smaller company. Databricks relocated from downtown Berkeley to 160 Spear Street in San Francisco in 2015, when it had fewer than 100 employees. It now says it has more than 12,000 employees worldwide.

Inside One Sansome, the company describes facilities for employee collaboration, customer meetings and media production, alongside dining and fitness amenities. The office also has direct access to MUNI and BART through Montgomery Street station. Its account of what is inside the building includes:

• Customer and partner space: an Executive Briefing Center with conference facilities and lounge areas, dedicated to meetings with outside organizations.
• Production and collaboration: a video studio, podcast recording space and green room, plus conference rooms designed with improved acoustics.
• Employee amenities: a larger café, coffee bar and game room, along with a fitness center, locker rooms, showers and towel service.