The agreement between Nevoya, the AI-enabled zero-emission trucking startup, and the global data center and social media giant includes the installation of an online electric truck charging infrastructure, and the charging of the 25 trucks deployed will be 100% matched with renewable energy certificates. This means Nevoya provides intelligence-driven operations that it claims deliver measurable competitive advantages.
In this agreement, Meta purchases environmental attribute certificates (EAC), which represent the environmental attributes of Nevoya’s electric battery charging service. Meta will not use the trucks, but rather the agreement helps Meta ensure zero Scope 3 emissions in its supply chains, when building data centers, for example.
Companies involved in Meta projects purchase EAC to address emissions associated with their value chains, including logistics. The regions along Interstate 1-10 are critical to Meta’s infrastructure as a key route for moving data center construction materials across the southern United States.
Nevoya began operations with 25 electric semi-trailers and associated charging infrastructure on a new electric charging route in Texas. The project included Google, Nevoya and the Center for Green Market Activation (GMA). EAC’s collective purchases from GMA’s buyer alliance supported what became Nevoya’s 63-truck deployment in the Houston-Dallas corridor. In Texas, Meta was one of several buyers in GMA’s buyer alliance. This new standalone agreement with Meta is the company’s second agreement with Nevoya.
Nevoya has flagged Class 8 electric trucks from Windrose and Tesla in his photos of the Texas project. The trucks use charging infrastructure from Terrawatt and Greenlane.
“Meta’s return for a second corridor is a strong sign that this model works. Electric trucks are already winning on the corridors we operate; what unlocks them at scale is multi-year demand driving financial and operational innovation. That’s what this deal does, and we intend to repeat it corridor by corridor,” said John Verdon, co-founder and chief commercial officer of Nevoya.
Interstate I-10 is the east-west corridor through the southern United States linking the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with Phoenix, El Paso, Houston and the Gulf. The port of Los Angeles is the busiest in the United States in terms of container tonnage, while the adjacent port of Long Beach serves as a gateway for trans-Pacific trade, especially with Asia. Both ports are continually working on the electrification of their operations, including infrastructure for road transportation to and from the ports.
“Returning to Nevoya for a second corridor reflects what we look for in our work across the value chain: partners who can scale and deals we can repeat. Freight transportation is part of the emissions footprint of building and operating our data centers, and multi-year commitments like this help address our Scope 3 emissions and make electric trucking available and competitive on routes serving the regions where we build,” said Devon Lake, head of Net Zero strategy, Meta.
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