NAIROBI, Kenya — On March 31, 2011, Microsoft Corp. announced its ITPAC datacenter technology will be utilized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as part of the energy-efficient IT infrastructure for a new UN office in Nairobi, Kenya, aimed at being energy neutral. Officially inaugurated by UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon and UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner, the new office building in Nairobi is intended to produce as much energy as it consumes and is the first of its kind for the UN in Africa.