New Era Energy & Digital, a developer and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure and integrated power assets in the Permian Basin, announced appointment of Andy Casazza as Chief Corporate Officer, effective April 28, 2026.
The appointment reflects New Era’s continued expansion of its leadership team following the recent appointment of Ted Warner as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Casazza will help connect corporate strategy, capital planning, governance and execution as the Company advances Texas Critical Data Centers (“TCDC”) and related growth initiatives.
Mr. Casazza brings more than 25 years of experience across finance, operations, business development and capital formation in the energy sector. He has served in senior leadership roles across public and private companies and has guided businesses through strategic transactions, operational scaling and enterprise planning. Most recently, he served as Co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer and Board Member of Windy Cove Energy II and as Co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer and Board Member of Pure Earth Plasma Holdings.
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In his role as Chief Corporate Officer, Mr. Casazza will serve as a strategic integrator across business development, finance, legal, compliance and operations. He will work closely with the executive team on joint venture activity, pipeline evaluation, strategic partnerships, governance frameworks, organizational planning and institutional readiness.
“Andy brings a rare combination of operating, transactional and leadership experience developed over decades in the energy sector,” said E. Will Gray II, Chief Executive Officer of New Era. “He understands how to connect capital formation, project development, governance and execution with day-to-day decision-making. As we continue building a more institutional platform, Andy will help ensure partnership activity and operating priorities remain tightly aligned.”
“New Era is building a differentiated platform at the intersection of power, infrastructure and digital demand,” said Andy Casazza. “I’m excited to join the team at this stage and help the Company execute and support the next phase of growth.”
In connection with Mr. Casazza’s commencement of employment, the Company’s compensation committee of the Board of Directors approved an equity compensation grant to Mr. Casazza as inducement material to his acceptance of employment in the form of time-vesting restricted stock units that relate to 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “RSUs”). The RSUs vest ratably on a monthly basis over a four-year period conditioned on Mr. Casazza’s continued employment with the Company as of each applicable vesting date and are intended to be inducement awards under Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules granted outside of the Company’s 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Although the RSUs were granted outside of the Plan, the RSUs are subject to the terms of the Plan. This equity compensation award is consistent with the Company’s compensation philosophy of aligning executive compensation with stockholder interests through long-term equity compensation designed to incentivize long-term value creation.
New Era is a developer and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure and integrated power assets. The Company is developing Texas Critical Data Centers LLC (“TCDC”), a 438 acre large-scale AI and high-performance computing data center campus located in Ector County, outside Odessa, Texas. TCDC is master-planned as a multi-phase development, with anticipated capacity scaling to 1+ gigawatt over time. With a growing portfolio of strategically located, vertically integrated resources including powered land and powered shells, the Company delivers turnkey solutions that enable hyperscale, enterprise, and edge operators to accelerate data center deployment, optimize total cost of ownership, and future-proof their infrastructure investments.
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