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New Era Energy & Digital Strengthens Leadership Team with Appointments of Evan Pierce as Chief Development Officer and Michael Johnson as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

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  • New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. appointed Evan Pierce as Chief Development Officer and Michael Johnson as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer on June 1, 2026.
  • Mr. Pierce brings over 20 years of experience in hyperscale data centers and energy infrastructure, having previously led roles at EdgeConneX, TikTok/ByteDance, Amazon, and Amazon Web Services while deploying more than 5 gigawatts of infrastructure.
  • Mr. Johnson holds over 30 years of legal experience in data centers and real estate, most recently serving as Senior Counsel at CoreWeave and previously at Switch.
  • The new officers will lead development across the Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC) project and the company's broader platform.
  • New Era's flagship TCDC project is a 492-acre site in the Permian Basin with anticipated capacity scaling to 1.4 GW using modular, self-generated power solutions.
  • The company develops large-scale data centers in energy-rich U.S. markets to support AI training and inference workloads.
  • CEO E. Will Gray II stated the appointments strengthen execution capabilities for advancing the TCDC project and the broader New Era platform.