Meta buys zero-emission trucking capacity to offset data center construction

Artificial intelligence (AI) and social media giant Meta will purchase zero-emission trucking capacity from Nevoya, an electric truckload carrier, to offset the emissions of its business activities, the firms said Thursday.

Nevoya announced the multi-year agreement with Meta that support the deployment of 25 Class 8 battery-electric trucks on the Interstate 10 (I-10) between San Bernardino, California and Phoenix, Arizona. The deal includes bringing online electric trucking charging infrastructure with the 25 deployed trucks' charging matched 100% with renewable energy certificates.

According to Nevoya, Meta's purchase is not tied to the physical transport of Meta's own goods. Rather, companies purchase environmental attribute certificates (EACs) to address emissions associated with their value chains, including logistics. The agreement helps scale electric trucking in a region central to Meta's infrastructure, with the I-10 being a key route for moving data center construction materials across the southern United States.

"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.

This is Meta's second agreement with Nevoya. In Texas, Meta was one of several buyers in the Center for Green Market Activation (GMA) buyers' alliance whose collective EAC purchases support Nevoya's 63-truck deployment on the Houston–Dallas corridor. This new Agreement is a standalone deal between Nevoya and Meta and gives Meta a framework to unlock additional corridors in the future. Nevoya expects the 25 I-10 trucks to begin operating in 2027 and to cover approximately 4 million freight miles annually.

Meta buys zero-emission trucking capacity to offset data center construction

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