Data-and-AI company Databricks, based in the United States, will invest more than $350 million in Singapore over three years, doubling its local workforce and quadrupling its office space as enterprises adopt AI.

In a statement on Wednesday, San Francisco-based Databricks said it will open a 32,000-square-foot regional headquarters at IOI Central Boulevard Towers and grow its Singapore staff from 250 to more than 500. Singapore serves as Databricks’ hub for Asia-Pacific and Japan. The investment can also support Singapore’s National AI Strategy, Databricks highlighted.

Databricks said demand is rising for tools that help companies deploy AI “agents” on their own data, including its Lakebase database, its Genie assistant, and its Unity Gateway control system. Besides, Databricks will run AI programs for startups and enterprises and train 20,000 people in Singapore in data and AI skills over three years.

New Singapore customers include the financial group iFAST, Singapore Customs, and telecoms operator Singtel, joining existing users such as Standard Chartered, the CPF Board, GovTech Singapore, and Toyota.

The Singapore commitment follows an $850 million investment Databricks announced in Britain in March, part of a global expansion as it scales its AI products. The company has said its revenue run-rate surpassed $7 billion, growing more than 80 percent year on year.

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