Google’s £1bn King’s Cross headquarters to open this summer, 10 years after it was first set to complete

By Tom Lowe2026-03-13T12:37:00

Heatherwick and BIG-designed office renamed Platform 37 in reference to neighbouring station and a historic moment in development of AI

Google’s £1bn headquarters in King’s Cross is finally set to open this summer, ten years after it was originally set to complete.

The tech giant will start moving staff into the 330m-long groundscraper within the next few months including members of its DeepMind team, a UK-based subsidiary which provides research on AI.

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