AI Boom Fuels London Office Rush as PwC Delivers Record Quarter and Tech Firms Eye IPOs

AI companies snapped up more than 700,000 sq ft of London office space in the first half of 2026 — more than double the entire 2025 figure — as Silicon Valley's fastest-growing names stake their claim in the capital. Anthropic took roughly 158,500 sq ft at One Triton Square, OpenAI committed to 95,500 sq ft near King's Cross, and Replit picked London for its first international office last week. AI businesses accounted for a third of central...