The Green Blueprint Terawatt Infrastructure’s billion-dollar strategy
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May 7, 2025 Neha Palmer, Co-founder and CEO of Terawatt Infrastructure, discusses her groundbreaking mission to electrify freight transport. She shares how Terawatt secured a billion-dollar investment and the daunting challenges posed by an emerging market. Topics include their innovative charging designs for fully-loaded trucks, strategic site selections near major ports, and the importance of local authority collaboration. Neha also outlines plans for a vast California-to-Texas network, highlighting how they aim to revolutionize heavy-duty trucking despite industry skepticism.
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Capital Needs Match Trillion-Dollar Market
- Terawatt raised $1 billion early because electrifying heavy freight requires massive capital at scale.
- Neha Palmer framed the business as multiple billion-dollar raises needed to build national infrastructure.
Build For Real Truck Operations
- Designing pull-through stalls for fully loaded rigs improves customer experience and operational realism.
- Rancho Dominguez can serve many trucks per day and is the first node of a broader California-to-Texas corridor vision.
Choose Sites By Demand, Real Estate, Power
- Prioritize a Venn diagram of customer demand, usable real estate, and available power when choosing sites.
- Secure existing utility capacity first because power availability often makes or breaks timelines.