Databricks to Invest More Than US$350 Million in Singapore as Enterprise AI Adoption Accelerates

SINGAPORE – September 16, 2026 – Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced plans to invest more than US$350 million in Singapore over the next three years as demand for Lakebase, Genie, and Unity Gateway accelerates. As part of this commitment, Databricks will also quadruple its Singapore office with a new 32,000-square-foot headquarters and double its local workforce to more than 500 people.

The investment reinforces Singapore’s role as Databricks’ regional hub for Asia Pacific & Japan and supports the ambitions of the country’s National AI Strategy, enabling Databricks to work more closely with customers, partners and government agencies as organisations transition from AI experimentation to deploying governed AI systems at scale.

Context, Control, Choice, and Cost Optimisation for Enterprise AI

Organisations are onboarding a new set of employees: AI agents. To succeed, agents need a reliable, scalable foundation; clear, accurate answers from enterprise context; and the ability to easily forecast budgets and switch to more cost-effective models to avoid burning through expensive tokens. The Databricks Data + AI Platform tackles the main challenges stalling enterprise AI today, giving teams a simple way to build, govern and scale AI that drives real value. Key capabilities include:

• Lakebase, its serverless Postgres database, provides the secure, instant memory AI agents need to run mission-critical apps and workflows faster, leaner, and safer
• Genie, its AI coworker, supplies the right enterprise context to turn business data into trusted answers and actions
• Unity Gateway, its multi-AI control plane, delivers governance, smart routing, and cost controls across all agents, tools, and models.

Together, these capabilities provide the context, control, choice and cost optimisation needed for enterprises to deploy agents effectively while maintaining flexibility, governance, and quality.

Growing Enterprise AI Momentum across Singapore

Databricks continues to expand its customer base across key industries, including financial services, telecommunications, and the public sector. New regional customers include iFAST Corporation, Singapore Customs, and Singtel. They join leading organisations already using Databricks across the region, including Airwallex, CPF Board, GovTech Singapore, LG Electronics, Standard Chartered and Toyota.

Expanding Databricks’ Regional Headquarters

As part of this investment, Databricks will open a new 32,000-square-foot regional headquarters at IOI Central Boulevard Towers. Quadrupling the company’s existing Singapore footprint, the headquarters will support a local workforce expected to grow from 250 to more than 500 over the next three years. The headquarters will include dedicated training and collaboration facilities where customers, partners and learners can develop data and AI skills, explore new use cases, and accelerate the deployment of enterprise AI.