AI firms lease 2.9M sq ft of SF office in H1 2026, topping all of 2025
atShruti · x · 2026-09-12
AI companies leased 2.9M sq ft of San Francisco office space in H1 2026 alone — already ahead of the full-year 2025 total of 2.1M sq ft. The author notes landlords are pricing in growth that VCs haven't funded yet, a striking signal of how fast the AI industry is expanding and how commercial real estate is betting on it.
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