Dutch Firm ASM to Build U.S. Headquarters in Scottsdale

ASM, a Dutch maker of semiconductor equipment, wants to move its U.S. research hub to a new 405,000-square-foot campus in Scottsdale.

The Netherlands-based firm filed plans to build the $325 million U.S. headquarters on 24 acres south of Loop 101 and east of Scottsdale Road, AZCentral reported.

The move, announced with great fanfare in December, would relocate the firm from its U.S. base south of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport at 3440 East University Drive. The Phoenix campus serves as the largest of ASM’s seven global research sites.

ASM bought 24 acres for its new base in Scottsdale in August for $33.05 million, or $1.38 million per acre.

Plans call for a 220,000-square-foot, three-story office building, a 185,000-square-foot research and development lab and a five-story parking garage. ASM aims to reclaim 80 percent of its water at the campus.

The facility would include fabrication and testing facilities, engineering offices and other support uses.

It would also contain a gym, nursing room, yoga room, basketball court, tennis court and full-service cafeteria.

ASM plans to move onto the campus in 2026, which would mark a 50-year presence in the Grand Canyon State. The firm plans to add 500 jobs in Arizona, where it employs 800 workers.

“ASM has carefully chosen this site for its flagship facility to be in the heart of a growing technology and research hub around the City of Scottsdale Airport community,” the firm’s development staff for the project wrote in the filing.

The new U.S. headquarters for ASM would be built next to where Banner Health plans to build a $400 million hospital and is less than a mile west of where Axon has proposed a controversial mixed-use campus next to a proposed headquarters, according to AZCentral.

ASM is among dozens of semiconductor suppliers with plans to expand in Phoenix. In 2020, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing announced plans to build a fabrication plant on the north side.

Since 2020, 35 companies, including TSMC and Intel, have invested $65 billion adding Arizona locations or expanding in Arizona, according to the Arizona Commerce Authority.

— Dana Bartholomew