ASML begins building new 20,000-workplace Eindhoven campus

Chip machinery maker ASML has begun building a second industrial campus in Eindhoven, with the first buildings due to open in 2029.

The site will be developed in phases and could eventually cover 350,000 square metres, with room for up to 20,000 workplaces, the company said.

Prime minister Rob Jetten attended a ceremony at the site on Tuesday at Brainport Industries Campus North, close to Eindhoven Airport and the A58 motorway.

The first phase will house at least 3,000 staff and combine production, logistics and offices in one location. Most of those posts will be filled by teams moving from ASML’s existing locations rather than new hires, and the company said later phases would depend on future demand for its machines.

Growing demand
“The growing global demand from the semiconductor industry requires continuous investments,” chief executive Christophe Fouquet said in a statement. “BIC North provides the space and flexibility we need to continue innovating and supporting our customers around the world.”

The new campus will include what ASML calls a “flow factory”, a production line for its chip lithography machines modelled on methods used in the car and aircraft industries.

Eindhoven city council approved the zoning plan for the site in March, after the government pledged €2.5 billion in 2024 for housing, roads, education and power grid upgrades in the region to persuade the company to expand in the Netherlands rather than abroad.

ASML’s headquarters are in nearby Veldhoven. In January it announced 1,700 job cuts, mostly in the Netherlands, despite a record year.