The article covers this. Basically, ASML is better understood as a network of companies working together to create these tools with (if I recall) somewhere arou

The article covers this. Basically, ASML is better understood as a network of companies working together to create these tools with (if I recall) somewhere around 100k total employees. So the article isn't talking about one single company. Now, I probably wouldn't call a network of companies for a fairly specific set of tasks an "answer to Silicon Valley", but that is the thrust of the article. I think it is more of a rejoinder against the argument that Europe cannot "do tech".