Did you hear the one about the corporate giant bringing hundreds of jobs to North Scottsdale?

This isn't about Axon – which is already in the 101/Hayden Road neighborhood. The Taser maker is fighting to move ahead with a controversial plan to build a new office building surrounded by upwards of 1,900 apartments.

While the police equipment juggernaut says it will quadruple its work force if allowed to move ahead with a scheme the city and others are challenging, another tech powerhouse has encountered no resistance as it quietly charges ahead on building a new corporate home.

No apartments here at ASM, less than a mile north of Axon.

And why would ASM’s 1,300 engineers and other workers want to live on the Dutch company’s new American headquarters and “campus?”

ASM’s next-door neighbor

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