Environmental group Greenpeace, which last week assailed Facebook for using coal-powered electricity in its data centers, is itself using carbon-producing energy to power its servers. Greenpeace said the “only truly green data centers” were those using renewable energy, but some of its servers are powered by coal and nuclear energy, Data Center Knowledge reported.

 

Intel has launched the first home and small office version of its energy efficient Atom platform.

 

RSA has announced new solutions and services to help enterprises solve virtualization security issues.

 

EMC has widened its lead as the biggest provider of external disk storage systems, according to IDC.

 

Malaysian cellco DiGi has earmarked a further MYR60 million ($17.9m) towards its Deep-Green initiative, which aims to reduce the firm’s carbon footprint by half come 2012, CEO Johan Dennelind said.

 

Industrialized countries are exporting about one-third of their carbon emissions to developing nations, according to a study by the Carnegie Institution for Science.

 

China was not suited to wind power because of the potential damage from sandstorms, a senior official said, describing the current wind plants as vanity projects.