Economy
European Tech Giant’s Expansion Stirs Opposition in Its Hometown
ASML, a critical player in the global chip industry, turned a sleepy Dutch suburb into a boomtown, but locals have had enough.
This article is part of an occasional series about the New Geography of Technology. Read earlier installments on Milan, Tel Aviv, Shanghai and Las Vegas.
Veldhoven, a tidy small town in the Netherlands’s industrial heartland, has a zoo, a climbing park and, more recently, a brewing controversy over plans by ASML Holding NV to expand its headquarters.