Tech and AI

ASML breaks ground on a 350,000 square metre second campus in Eindhoven for up to 20,000 workplaces

By Staff Writer  |  9 September 2026

The Dutch Prime Minister attended the ceremony at Brainport Industries Campus North. The first phase, due in 2029, will house at least 3,000 staff and the company's new flow factory for its lithography machines, on a site the city zoned in March after the state committed 2.5 billion euros to the region's housing, roads and grid.

ASML marked the start of construction of its second major industrial campus in the Brainport region on Tuesday 8 September 2026, with a ceremony at Brainport Industries Campus North in Eindhoven, close to the airport and the A58. The development is multi-phase and will eventually span approximately 350,000 square metres, with potential capacity for up to 20,000 workplaces. Prime Minister Rob Jetten attended, with representatives of government, customers, suppliers, knowledge institutions and regional partners.

The first phase

The first phase is expected to be completed in 2029 and will house at least 3,000 employees, bringing production, logistics and supporting office activity together on one integrated industrial campus. The workplaces are primarily intended for teams relocating from existing ASML sites rather than for new hires. At its centre will be the company's new flow factory, its next-generation manufacturing model for the TWINSCAN machines, designed to smooth the movement of materials and work through the plant for faster, higher-scale module production and installation. The company says the approach follows models proven in the automotive and aerospace industries.

The growing global demand from the semiconductor industry requires continuous investments. As part of our global expansion plans, BIC North provides the space and flexibility we need to continue innovating and supporting our customers around the world. It will complement our existing office space and manufacturing capacity in the Brainport region and further strengthen our footprint in the Netherlands.

Christophe Fouquet, president and chief executive of ASML

The full 20,000 figure is a long-term ceiling that depends on future requirements, and the company says later phases will follow demand for its machines. Its footprint in the region will then comprise three campuses: the headquarters at De Run 1000 and the industrial campus at De Run 6000 and 7000, both in Veldhoven, and BIC North in Eindhoven.

How the site was secured

Eindhoven city council approved the zoning plan for the site in March. That followed the Dutch government's pledge in 2024 of 2.5 billion euros for housing, roads, education and power grid upgrades in the region, made to persuade the company to expand in the Netherlands rather than abroad. The company's release describes the development as the product of public-private partnership and says it and its partners continue to invest in talent, affordable housing and equal opportunity in the region. The same company announced 1,700 job cuts in January, most of them in the Netherlands, after a record year.

For readers on this side of the North Sea the interest is in the sequence. A grid, housing and roads package from the state came first, in 2024; the zoning followed in 2026; the ground was broken the same year with the head of government present; and the first buildings are programmed for 2029. The manufacturer whose machines every advanced fab depends on has just shown how long the civil works take even when a national government has decided in advance that the plant must not go anywhere else. On the same day, at a conference in California, the company and its customers set out a change in mask format for those machines that will not reach a pilot line until 2031, reported separately on this tab.