Wang Jiahui, vice president and Taiwan general manager of ASML, a global leader in wafer lithography technology. (provided by ASML)
[Reporter Hong Youfang/Hsinchu report] Wang Jiahui, vice president and general manager of Taiwan of ASML, a global leader in chip lithography technology, shared today ASML's sustainable development strategy and the latest progress in Taiwan, emphasizing that it will support industry growth while continuing to reduce environmental impact through technological innovation and industrial cooperation. At the same time, it plans to recruit about 1,000 new talents in Taiwan, covering areas such as customer support, production and supply chain, to prepare for the company's future growth and customer needs, and the salary is very competitive.
Wang Jiahui said that semiconductors are an important foundation for the development of digital and AI, and also allow the industry to pay more attention to its responsibilities in energy and sustainability. ASML will continue to support semiconductor manufacturing through technological innovation, manufacturing efficiency improvement, and close cooperation with customers and industry partners.
long-term and stable development of the sports industry. Taiwan plays an important role in the global semiconductor ecosystem, and the company will continue to deepen its presence in the region and strengthen support and services to customers. This year ASML also plans to recruit about 1,000 new talents in Taiwan, covering areas such as customer support, manufacturing and supply chain, to prepare for the company's future growth and customer needs.
ASML pointed out that the future growth of demand in the semiconductor industry will drive a significant increase in energy use. If no action is taken, related carbon emissions may increase significantly by 2030. In this regard, ASML is promoting all-round sustainable transformation starting from products, operations and the overall value chain.
100% green electricity coverage ASML’s net zero goal has turned from goal to reality in Scope 1 and 2. By the end of 2025, ASML has announced that its global manufacturing facilities and buildings will achieve greenhouse gas neutrality.
At the same time, ASML has achieved the goal of using 100% renewable energy in Taiwan and global operations. In addition, ASML has achieved an energy saving of 148 TJ from 2021 to 2025 through self-operated energy-saving projects across the world, which is equivalent to approximately 26,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, 48% exceeding the original expectation of 100 TJ. In the scope three part, ASML has also begun to replace part of air transportation with sea transportation to reduce carbon emissions, and will complete 26 TJ in 2025. The equipment is shipped to the client by sea.
At the same time, ASML has gradually extended the scope of carbon reduction from its own operations to client processes, paying attention to the energy usage of equipment in actual production, and further extending sustainable practices to the entire semiconductor ecosystem. With the long-term goal of achieving greenhouse gas neutrality in the entire value chain by 2040, ASML continues to promote the low-carbon transformation of the semiconductor industry.
ASML said that in the dual-track EUV consumption reduction strategy, production capacity improvement and process optimization go hand in hand. ASML helps customers reduce the energy consumption per unit wafer produced by increasing production capacity and simplifying the number of process exposures to cope with the chip demand and energy challenges brought about by the continued growth of AI and high-performance computing. Taking the flagship model TWINSCAN NXE:3800E as an example, its production capacity has been increased from 220 wafers per hour to 230 wafers, and it is expected to increase the wafer output of the overall EUV equipment by 50% by 2030. In terms of energy consumption performance, since 2018, the energy consumption of each wafer exposure of EUV equipment has been reduced by 57%. Through the introduction of a new generation of High NA EUV, the multiple exposure process of critical layers is simplified into a single exposure, and the goals of improving yield, shortening the production cycle, and reducing unit wafer manufacturing costs and energy consumption can also be achieved.
In terms of process optimization, ASML has actively cooperated with customers. Since 2018, it has continued to optimize energy-saving benefits through projects such as hydrogen recovery and reuse of cooling water and dynamic energy saving in machine sleep mode. In addition to equipment energy efficiency improvement and process optimization, ASML also continues to promote circular economy strategies, reducing resource waste and extending product life cycles through equipment refurbishment, parts repair and reuse, etc. Since 2019, ASML Taiwan has completed more than 130 equipment refurbishments and repaired and reused nearly 10,000 parts, continuing to support the semiconductor industry in increasing production capacity while taking into account resource usage efficiency and sustainable development.
Talent strategy in the AI era, deepening diversity, inclusion and local talent deployment. ASML regards talent development as an important foundation for long-term operations and continues to strengthen talent and organizational development strategies to support technological innovation and global collaboration needs in a rapidly changing industrial environment.
In the practice of diversity and inclusion, ASML deliberately replaces the industry's usual "D&I" ranking with "Inclusion & Diversity I&D", placing inclusion before diversity, emphasizing that only in an inclusive environment can diverse perspectives truly exert value.
In addition to continuing to invest in talent development and a culture of diversity and inclusion, ASML also attaches great importance to long-term cooperation with local communities and industrial ecosystems, and supports the development of new generations of technological talents through educational promotion and talent cultivation programs. In 2025, ASML will invest 75.8 million euros in global community cooperation projects to promote STEM education and social participation. As AI drives global semiconductor demand to continue to grow, ASML expects to recruit nearly a thousand talents in Taiwan this year, with as many as 300 vacancies at the New Taipei Factory. ASML said that this year's talent recruitment will mainly focus on customer support, smart manufacturing and supply chain management to support customers' production expansion needs and global equipment production capacity improvement.
Wang Jiahui pointed out that ASML will continue to deepen its local talent layout and technical support capabilities and grow together with Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem. Looking forward to the future, ASML will continue to deepen technological innovation, sustainable practices and talent development, and support the semiconductor industry in balancing performance, efficiency and sustainable growth in the AI era.
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