The deal between the zero-emission AI-enabled trucking startup Nevoya and the global social media and data centre giant includes bringing online electric trucking charging infrastructure, with the 25 deployed trucks’ charging matched 100% with renewable energy certificates. This means Nevoya provides intelligence-driven operations that it says deliver measurable competitive advantages.
In this agreement, Meta purchases environmental attribute certificates (EACs), representing the environmental attributes of Nevoya’s battery-electric freight service. Meta will not use the trucks itself, but rather the deal helps Meta ensure zero Scope 3 emissions across its supply chains, when building data centres, for example.
Companies involved with Meta projects purchase EACs to address emissions associated with their value chains, including logistics. The regions across the 1-10 Interstate are central to Meta’s infrastructure as a key route for moving data centre construction materials across the southern United States.
Nevoya began its operations with 25 electric semi-trucks and associated charging infrastructure on a new electric freight route in Texas. The project included Google, Nevoya, and the Center for Green Market Activation (GMA). The GMA buyers’ alliance collective EAC purchases supported what became Nevoya’s 63-truck deployment on the Houston–Dallas corridor. In Texas, Meta was one of several buyers in the GMA buyers’ alliance. This new standalone deal with Meta is the company’s second agreement with Nevoya.
Nevoya has branded Class 8 electric trucks from Windrose and Tesla in its photos from the Texas project. The trucks utilise charging infrastructure from Terrawatt and Greenlane.
“Meta coming back for a second corridor is a strong signal that this model works. Electric trucks already win on the corridors we run; what unlocks them at scale is multi-year demand that drives financial and operational innovation. That is what this agreement does, and we intend to repeat it corridor by corridor,” said John Verdon, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Nevoya.
The I-10 Interstate is the east-west corridor across the southern United States linking the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Phoenix, El Paso, Houston and the Gulf. The Los Angeles Port is the busiest in the United States in terms of container tonnage, while the adjacent Long Beach port serves as a gateway for transpacific trade, notably with Asia. Both ports are continuously working on the electrification of their operations, including infrastructure for trucking to and from the ports.
“Coming back to Nevoya for a second corridor reflects what we look for in our value chain work: partners that can scale, and agreements we can repeat. Freight 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 the routes that serve the regions where we build,” said Devon Lake, Head of Net Zero Strategy, Meta.
