Databricks doubles down in SF
Databricks leased roughly 90,000 sq ft in downtown San Francisco (1 Sansome) and expanded a strategic go‑to‑market with Accenture to scale enterprise AI applications and agents — a big footprint bet on hybrid Lakehouse+agent deployments. The combo of real estate and a systems integrator tie‑up sharpens enterprise demand signals for on‑prem/hybrid performance layers and low‑latency model serving. (sfchronicle.com) (businesswire.com)
Databricks announced in 2025 that it would occupy roughly 150,000 square feet at One Sansome and said the space would include a on-site Data & AI Academy for customer training and collaboration. (databricks.com) City officials and company filings reported Databricks pledged to invest more than $1 billion in San Francisco over three years and committed to keeping its Data + AI Summit in the city through 2030, with options the company said could take its Sansome footprint toward roughly 300,000 square feet. (insider.govtech.com) On March 17, 2026 Accenture and Databricks launched the Accenture Databricks Business Group, a formal business‑group expansion aimed at scaling enterprise AI applications and agents across Accenture’s industry teams. (newsroom.accenture.com) The new group will be supported by more than 25,000 Databricks‑trained professionals and what Accenture describes as the largest certified Databricks talent pool in the ecosystem to help deploy Lakebase, Genie, Agent Bricks and Lakehouse at scale. (newsroom.accenture.com) Accenture’s announcement specifically positions Lakebase as a serverless, Postgres‑compatible database tailored for AI workloads, while Genie and Agent Bricks are promoted as tools for conversational access to enterprise data and building agent‑based applications. (newsroom.accenture.com) Trade coverage framed the move as a strategic, services‑led business group rather than a formal joint venture, noting the partnership focuses on productionizing Databricks innovations across Accenture’s global delivery and industry practice teams. (crn.com)
