From Dublin to Dubai, Workday is Advancing Innovation, Future-Proofing Infrastructure, and Growing its Local Presence
BARCELONA, Spain — Nov. 19, 2025 – Workday Rising EMEA – Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), the enterprise AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, today announced a series of major investments, partnerships, and customer milestones that mark a new chapter in its growth across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). From advancing AI innovation and infrastructure to growing its local presence, Workday continues to redefine ERP for the AI era—helping organisations across EMEA work smarter, faster, and with greater confidence.
“Organisations across EMEA are navigating an increasingly complex and competitive landscape, making it essential to have a partner they can trust,” said Angelique De Vries-Schipperijn, president, Workday EMEA. “Workday’s continued investments in local innovation, infrastructure, and our regional presence help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in this era of AI-powered transformation.”
Investing in Innovation
Workday is deepening its regional footprint through targeted investments in AI innovation. The launch of Workday GO brings the full power of Workday to midsize companies across EMEA, helping them hire, pay, and manage global teams through one unified AI-powered platform.
Meanwhile Workday’s Pay Transparency Analyzer, powered by Kainos, is now available to all customers. It helps organisations comply with the EU Pay Transparency Directive and other local regulations, and strengthen pay equity practices around the globe.
Workday is also expanding access to its open platform around the globe through the launch of its new global developer network, giving builders more ways to learn, certify, and innovate on Workday. This expansion comes as Workday announces new ecosystem partnerships—including Google BigQuery joining Workday Data Cloud—offering customers around the world a secure, zero-copy way to combine trusted Workday HR and finance data with advanced analytics and AI tools. Together, these investments strengthen innovation across the region, enabling customers and partners to extend Workday, build new capabilities, and unlock faster, more intelligent decision-making.
Building Infrastructure That Meets the Moment
To meet growing customer demand and evolving regional regulations, Workday is investing in infrastructure designed to deliver performance, scale, and trust across Europe.
Central to this investment is the new Workday EU Sovereign Cloud, which enables organisations to run Workday’s AI-powered HR and finance applications entirely within EU borders—keeping their data secure, local, and under their control.
Workday has also expanded its partnership with Google Cloud, and is now live on Google Cloud in EMEA. Workday solutions are now also available via the Google Cloud Marketplace in key markets such as France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Poland, with additional markets to follow.
Growing Workday’s Local Presence Across EMEA
Workday’s EMEA regional presence now spans more than 4,250 employees in 19 countries, reflecting its growing investment in local talent and partnerships.
Recent milestones include the announcement of a €175 million AI Centre of Excellence in Dublin, a forthcoming regional office in Dubai, and new sales and marketing teams in Warsaw to better serve Central and Eastern Europe. These investments strengthen local support for Workday’s 2,300+ customers headquartered in EMEA, including recent midsize enterprise wins such as Almatis (Germany), Greenenergy International Ltd (UK), Davines (Italy), Fundación Tecnalia (Spain), Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (France), Keskinäinen Vakuutusyhtiö Fennia (Finland), and Rand Mutual Admin Services Ltd. (South Africa).
Workday’s full range of innovations, customer success stories, and strength of its partner ecosystem will be on full display at Workday Rising EMEA, which is being held in Barcelona November 18-20. Click here to register for the digital programme and unlock how Workday is redefining ERP for the AI age.
For More Information
- Learn more about how Workday’s AI agents are transforming HR and finance here.
- Learn more about Workday’s commitment to European customers in navigating the evolving regulatory landscape here.
- Learn more about the newly launched AI Centre of Excellence here.
About Workday
Workday is the enterprise AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. Workday unifies HR and Finance on one intelligent platform with AI at the core to empower people at every level with the clarity, confidence, and insights they need to adapt quickly, make better decisions, and deliver outcomes that matter. Workday is used by more than 11,000 organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 65% of the Fortune 500. For more information about Workday, visit workday.com.
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