Splunk Looks to Triple Bay Area Presence

Splunk’s new space has a startup vibe.

SAN FRANCISCO—Amid rumors of the tech industry retrenching, Splunk is growing. Earlier this month, Splunk opened the doors to its 180,000-square-foot office building that will seat almost 1,000 employees. Splunk’s new building at 270 Brannan St. will be an extension of its headquarters at 250 Brannan St. and serve as the center of Splunk’s growth. Splunk will have tripled its office space during the course of a year, with its office at Santana Row currently under development. Sherry Lowe , vice president of corporate marketing at Splunk, tells GlobeSt.com: “Despite rumblings of a tech downturn, Splunk is growing quickly and we are hiring in all departments. We added 1,000 people in the past year and this expansion of our headquarters in San Francisco gives us room to hire more. The new building includes an interactive customer briefing center, more than 125 meeting spaces, a rooftop deck and captures our unique culture. We’re thrilled to be opening the doors to the new building. We’re also opening a new office in Santana Row. When it opens, Splunk will have tripled our Bay Area footprint.” Complete with seven floors, an outdoor courtyard, plus below-grade parking, it features the customer briefing center, which is a dedicated, interactive space for customers to immerse themselves in the Splunk culture and find additional value from Splunk. There is an interactive vibe to match Splunk’s startup culture, with virtual training and breakout rooms, a media studio, secret rooms, libraries, tech café, community bar, arcade and few private offices so executives are out on the floor with teams. The Splunk design theme showcases San Francisco  through the decades, starting with the Pan-Pacific Exposition on the first floor through the Prohibition era, Golden Gate, Film Noir, Space Race, Cosmic 60s and ending with present-day San Francisco on the top floor. The entire building is designed in the form of Splunk’s logo (>) and incorporates San Francisco’s urban design, with hallways bisecting to match the grade of Market Street, and offices and rooms representing San Francisco neighborhoods.