New Era Energy names Pierce CDO and Johnson general counsel

New Era Energy & Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAI) appointed Evan Pierce as Chief Development Officer and Michael Johnson as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, effective June 1, 2026, according to a company statement.

Pierce brings more than 20 years of experience in hyperscale data centers, energy infrastructure and grid strategy across the Americas and Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He previously served as Vice President of Data Center Site Development and Energy Development for the Americas at EdgeConneX, where he worked on multi-gigawatt hyperscale campus projects. Pierce also held senior positions at TikTok/ByteDance, Amazon and Amazon Web Services, focusing on energy strategy, utility engagement and power procurement. The company stated he has contributed to the deployment and planning of more than 5 gigawatts of data center and energy infrastructure.

Johnson has over 30 years of legal and commercial experience in data center development, real estate, construction and finance. He most recently worked as Senior Counsel, Real Estate, Construction and Development at CoreWeave, supporting leasing, powered land acquisitions and construction contracting across North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Previously, he served as Associate General Counsel for Real Estate, Construction and Finance for Data Center Development at Switch, where he handled data center campus acquisitions, development and financing transactions.

"Evan and Michael bring directly relevant experience to New Era at an important stage in our development," said E. Will Gray II, Chief Executive Officer. "Their appointments strengthen our execution capabilities as we continue advancing TCDC and the broader New Era platform."

New Era Energy & Digital develops large-scale data centers across energy-rich U.S. markets to support AI training and inference workloads. The company's flagship project, Texas Critical Data Centers, is a 492-acre site in the Permian Basin with anticipated capacity scaling to 1.4 GW over time.

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