Linera and DeCharge Announce a Strategic Partnership to Decentralize the Future of EV Charging Infrastructure
[ New York, NY & Bangalore, India | February 2025 ] — Linera, the first L1 blockchain infrastructure optimized for real-time applications through its innovative microchain architecture, and DeCharge, the decentralized EV charging network revolutionizing electric vehicle infrastructure built on Solana, are excited to announce a groundbreaking partnership. This collaboration will harness the power of Linera’s programmable infrastructure to further decentralize data storage, processing, and user incentivization across DeCharge’s global EV charging network.
A Surge in EV Adoption and the Growing Infrastructure Gap
The electric vehicle market is experiencing unprecedented growth, especially in regions like Southeast Asia, where two and three-wheelers are central to mobility. With the global EV market growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25%, Southeast Asia alone now accounts for 75% of the world’s EV fleet across autos, motorbikes, and scooters. However, current charging infrastructure in the region is woefully inadequate, serving only 20% of that rapidly expanding fleet. With 66% growth in the EV market in 2024, the overall demand for Fast (DC) Chargers over the next 5 years will be 1M. This mismatch between adoption and infrastructure is an urgent problem that DeCharge is poised to solve.
Ensuring the efficiency, transparency, and scalability of the supporting infrastructure is crucial. DeCharge, with its decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) for EV charging, built on Solana, offers an innovative solution, allowing users to install charging stations and earn passive income by contributing to the global EV solution ecosystem. However, managing and processing vast amounts of data in a decentralized manner—ranging from charging times to energy consumption and provenance tracking—requires specialized blockchain infrastructure.
Through this partnership, DeCharge will leverage Linera’s unique microchain architecture to store and process real-time data generated by its hardware devices and mobile users. Linera’s ability to run an unlimited number of parallel microchains ensures that DeCharge can scale horizontally to meet global demand while maintaining guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS).
“Partnering with Linera is a game changer for us,” said Mohan Kuldeep Ponnada, CEO of DeCharge. “By decentralizing our data infrastructure, we’re not only improving transparency and scalability but also creating new opportunities for users to be rewarded for their contributions. This collaboration positions DeCharge to lead the future of decentralized energy. Linera’s core strengths complement DeCharge’s goals and adds technical depth to the partnership.”
Real-Time Data Processing and Incentivization with Linera’s Programmable L1
Linera’s programmable Layer 1 infrastructure provides a significant advantage over a pure Data Availability (DA) solution by enabling DeCharge to process data in real time. For example, data on user engagement patterns and real-time charging behavior taken via mobile devices or from hardware such as charging stations - charging times, energy usage, origin of the electricity etc taken from messaging layers - can be instantly validated and processed. These real-time insights allow users to benefit from their eco-friendly behaviors in a decentralized way through token-based incentives while also optimizing the network’s performance. In a critical innovation, the data processed by Linera can be posted to other blockchain ecosystems, including Solana, allowing for seamless integration of DeCharge’s data into broader Web3 applications.
“We are thrilled to collaborate with DeCharge to transform how EV charging data is processed and stored,” said Mathieu Baudet, CEO of Linera. “With our scalable microchain architecture, DeCharge can grow its data-processing capabilities without limitations, ensuring real-time insights and offering a decentralized, user-driven infrastructure that can truly scale to meet the world’s growing energy needs.”
This partnership highlights both Linera and DeCharge’s commitment to decentralizing essential infrastructure and empowering global users to participate in a decentralized energy market.
About Linera:
Linera is the first L1 blockchain infrastructure for real-time applications. Linera was founded with the vision to empower users with globally accessible, decentralized technology that unlocks real-time onchain experience and simplifies interoperability across blockchains and off-chain services. Its unique architecture lets users interact directly with small chains of blocks, called “microchains”. This allows applications to read and write onchain data with strong guarantees of performance and security, for any number of active users. Founder and CEO, Mathieu Baudet, holds a PhD in cryptographic protocols, was an early research engineer on the Meta Libra/Novi project and is a coauthor of the FastPay protocol.
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About DeCharge:
DeCharge is a decentralized EV charging network built on Solana with the mission to address key challenges for quick commerce and delivery companies by providing a reliable, scalable charging infrastructure. With over 250 stations and 1.1 million paid charging minutes, DeCharge minimizes range anxiety, enhances fleet efficiency, and grows through token-driven incentives.
DeCharge enables seamless access to globally compatible charging hardware while empowering real estate owners to deploy stations and earn passive income. Beyond EVs, DeCharge is expanding into autonomous charging solutions for electric vehicles, robots, drones, and eVTOLs in Western markets, strategically leveraging technology partnerships amid the rising momentum of physical AI.