Helped lead the transition of New Era into the data center industry and has a track record of developing, building, and operating advanced infrastructure ranging from energy infrastructure, fuels and chemicals, next gen biotech, and power. Chemical engineering for Iowa State University.

20 years of finance experience across energy, power, and digital infrastructure, spanning capital markets, investment banking, and executive leadership roles. Most recently at Northland Capital Markets, he led billions of dollars in traditional and bespoke financings for HPC infrastructure projects and participated in billions more across the capital stack for upstart HPC developers.

Extensive experience across hyperscale data center engineering, critical environment operations, infrastructure delivery and large-scale energy project execution. Previous roles at Microsoft, TikTok and Amazon Web Services. Earlier in his career, he led project and engineering teams across gas turbine and nuclear power infrastructure at GE, Entergy and the Tennessee Valley Authority.

20+ years experience leading Americas data center and energy development at EdgeConneX, TikTok/ByteDance, Amazon, and AWS. Across his career he's helped deploy 5+ GW of infrastructure, starting as a Reactor Electrical Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy's Nuclear Propulsion Program and holding an MBA from UT Austin's McCombs School of Business.

Will Gray is a founding partner of New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. Will has extensive prior energy experience in Oil & Gas, including Executive Vice President of Resaca Exploitation (a Torch portfolio company), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cross Border Resources, Chief Executive Officer of Dala Petroleum, and President of WS Oil and Gas.

15 years across large public companies and public accounting including HF Sinclair, At-Home, Riveron, E&Y, BKD. He possesses significant experience in SEC reporting, accounting and finance at the senior level, and brings deep controllership experience spanning a multitude of complex public company transactions. He is a CPA and received his MBA from Chicago Booth.

Finance and operations leader with 25+ years of experience in the energy sector. Previously he was Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer of Windy Cove Energy II and Pure Earth Plasma Holdings. He has led companies across public and private ownership structures, with expertise spanning capital formation, acquisitions, corporate strategy, and operational execution.

30+ years of experience in data center development, real estate, construction, financing, and governance, most recently as Senior Counsel for Real Estate, Construction and Development at CoreWeave, and previously as Associate General Counsel at Switch, Ltd., where he supported a $500M+ acquisition pipeline and $20B+ in financing originations. He began his career as Assistant General Counsel at Fidelity National Title Insurance Company and holds a B.S. from Saint Mary's College of California and a J.D. from University of San Diego.