Rubrik, the US data-security company, said it will invest more than $500m in Britain over the next five years and make London its headquarters for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
The commitment, announced on Wednesday and worth about £375m, lands as governments across the region press companies to keep sensitive information closer to home, a debate over data sovereignty that has moved from technical circles into politics.
The Silicon Valley firm, which listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2024, sells software that helps organisations back up their data and recover quickly from ransomware and other attacks. It said the UK had become one of its fastest-growing and most strategically important markets.
The money will fund hiring across sales, marketing, and customer support, along with a new London office and an executive briefing centre for meeting customers and partners. The office, Rubrik said, will offer building-wide amenities including an indoor park, a cafe, a wellness studio, and a rooftop bar, and the firm cast the spending as support for its wider expansion across the region.
The 💜 of EU techThe latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!“The UK is one of the world’s leading technology markets,” said Bipul Sinha, Rubrik’s co-founder and chief executive. He said the investment would help European customers “address the critical need for European data sovereignty, quickly recover from cyberattacks, and safely scale AI”.
