A second industrial campus
ASML began construction at Brainport Industries Campus North in Eindhoven on Sep 8, 2026. The roughly 35-hectare site lies near Eindhoven Airport, about seven kilometres from Veldhoven, in the Netherlands. Its long-term potential is 20,000 workplaces.
The first phase, targeted for 2029, would accommodate at least 3,000 employees, primarily relocating existing teams. Production, logistics and offices would share the campus. ASML’s flow factory is intended to accelerate TWINSCAN module production and installation.
CEO Christophe Fouquet linked expansion to semiconductor demand. Prime Minister Rob Jetten attended the ceremony; Reuters had also named Eindhoven Mayor Jeroen Dijsselbloem as an expected attendee. The campus plan complements ASML’s Veldhoven operations.
Planning and surrounding roads
Eindhoven’s municipal council, the executives of Best and Oirschot, and the provincial executive of Noord-Brabant made coordinated decisions on Mar 10, 2026. Eindhoven coordinated the procedure covering the campus expansion and changes to the surrounding road network.
Four decisions in the coordinated process
- Eindhoven adopted an amended environmental plan for BIC Noord-ASML and its road network.
- Best granted permission for road changes outside its existing environmental plan.
- Oirschot granted a corresponding road-infrastructure permission.
- Noord-Brabant granted a permit for a Natura 2000 activity.
The road permissions were intended to maintain traffic flow after ASML’s arrival. Amendments in Best included noise calculations and conditions for landscape integration; Oirschot’s changes included conditions for compensatory regional water storage.
The Mar 12, 2026 official notice opened an appeal period from Mar 14 to Apr 24, 2026. It specified Apr 11, 2026 entry into force and allowed applicants to seek an interim judicial measure that could suspend the decisions.
Earlier regional investment plans
Central and regional authorities announced Project Beethoven on Mar 28, 2024, allocating €2.51 billion to education, knowledge and spatial infrastructure for the Brainport chip industry. The programme addressed constraints in personnel, space and energy. Government expected continued ASML investment and retention of its Dutch statutory, tax and operational base.
The 2024 package provided for €450 million in talent development through 2030 and €80 million annually thereafter. Vocational institutions and universities in Groningen, Enschede, Delft and Eindhoven were asked to prepare training plans with industry. Transport measures included Eindhoven’s central-station multimodal hub, express buses connecting campuses, motorway improvements and cycling routes. Central government committed €718 million and regional authorities €340 million to the transport measures.
Authorities also proposed nearly 20,000 additional homes by 2030, beyond 45,000 already covered by the regional housing agreement, with €425 million to support delivery. Brainport Development would examine solutions after a government study of electricity-grid shortages. The public commitments were based on industry growth forecasts and investment plans; authorities specified that changes to those plans would require corresponding adjustments.
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