New Era Energy & Digital Appoints Charlie Nelson as President and Chief Operating Officer and Announces Grant of Employment Inducement Awards

New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAI) (“New Era” or the “Company”), a developer and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure and integrated power assets in the Permian Basin, today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved the appointment of Charles (“Charlie”) Nelson as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective January 28, 2026.

Charlie joins the company in a full-time capacity from the board, of which he has served on since December of 2024. In July of 2025, Charlie transitioned from independent director to executive director and has since been instrumental in the corporate transformation of New Era in the digital infrastructure space. He brings a depth of experience in developing, funding, building, and operating growth platforms for large scale infrastructure development ranging from pipelines, gas processing and power, terminals, fuels, and chemicals. His background includes also includes developing, commercializing, modularization, and scaling new hard-tech across various sectors.

Charlie Nelson, President and COO of New Era Energy & Digital commented: “I am thrilled and honored to be joining at such a crucial moment in the Company’s evolution. As we shift from development phase into execution and growth, we have our focus squarely set on creating an engine for delivering shareholder value through high quality cash flowing assets. The future is bright for New Era as it is now well positioned to become a repeatable powerful platform for growth in the digital infrastructure space.”

E. Will Gray II, CEO of New Era Energy & Digital, commented: “New Era would not be where it is today without Charlie’s dedication, drive, and vision. His experience across data center and infrastructure development, both globally and within key regional markets, makes him uniquely qualified to lead the Company alongside me at this stage. As we advance TCDC as a power-first data center development, execution discipline will determine our success, and Charlie brings the operational rigor needed as we enter our next phase of development and growth.”

In connection with Charlie’s commencement of employment, the Company’s Board of Directors approved two equity compensation grants to Charlie as inducement material to his acceptance of employment in the form of time-vesting restricted stock units that relate to 1,221,345 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “RSUs”) and performance-vesting restricted stock units that relate to 3,664,036 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “PSUs”). These equity compensation awards are consistent with the Company’s compensation philosophy of aligning executive compensation with stockholder interests through long-term and performance-based equity compensation designed to incentivize long-term value creation.