ASML opens its first US training center in Phoenix with DUV and EUV cleanroom training to prepare 1,000 engineers yearly, bolstering America's chip supply chain.
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Dutch company ASML, a cornerstone supplier of equipment for global chipmaking, has opened its first U.S. training center in Phoenix, Arizona. The move marks a concrete step toward building a homegrown engineering pipeline in a country short of skilled talent for its fast-growing semiconductor industry.
According to Reuters, the facility can train about 1,000 engineers a year. It includes 14 classrooms and a cleanroom where specialists will work with ASML’s advanced DUV and EUV systems—the very machines that are indispensable for manufacturing modern microchips. Until now, engineers had to travel to Europe or Asia to receive this training.
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet said the timing was ideal, pointing to Arizona’s accelerating buildout, with TSMC and Intel fabs under construction. He added that similar momentum is expected in Texas and Idaho.
The center’s significance is hard to overstate. U.S. manufacturers are grappling with a shortage of engineering talent, prompting companies to bring in specialists from Taiwan and other countries. A dedicated ASML training base should narrow that gap and become a cornerstone of a more resilient and self-reliant U.S. chip supply chain.
While the site will not handle the newest High-NA EUV systems, which remain in the Netherlands for now, its opening already strengthens the U.S. position amid an intensifying global contest for technological leadership.