Tag: ebonds

Bonds and UMW Students’ Research Featured in Story About Restrictions on Environmental Data

Research conducted by Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds and his students on the widespread use of non-disclosure agreements in Virginia’s data-center industry was featured in an article titled “As Trump Unwinds Federal Oversight, States Become Battlegrounds for Environmental Data.” The article appeared in the DeSmog Blog and is about the challenges that members of the […]

Bonds Authors Article on Data Center Sustainability for Chesapeake Bay Journal

Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds authored an article titled “For data center sustainability in Virginia, state regulation is a must” for the Chesapeake Bay Journal. An excerpt from the article says, “Spreading out from Northern Virginia, data centers are being proposed in communities across the Chesapeake Bay region. They promise big bursts of local revenue, […]

Bonds and UMW Student Share Research and Perspective for Virginia Mercury

Associate Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds and UMW student Viktor Newby (majoring in sociology with a minor in digital studies) shared research and perspective on the widespread use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in data center development. The two sent Freedom of Information Act requests to every Virginia locality with a proposed or existing data center […]