Press Releases

TIA welcomes 5 new board members

Arlington, VA (June 19, 2026) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)– enabling the future of trusted digital infrastructure, welcomes 5 new  member to the organization’s Board of Directors: John Bozzetto, Vice President of Structural Engineering, Vertical Bridge Michelle Kang, PE Discipline Leader, Telecommunications, Colliers Engineering & Design Scott Kisting, Executive Vice President, Proactive Telecommunications Solutions, LLC and Vice…

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Questex’s Broadband Nation Expo Expands with the Co-Located Data Center Excellence Summit to Scale the Infrastructure Behind the AI Economy

NEW ORLEANS, June 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Broadband Nation Expo today announces the launch of the co-located Data Center Excellence Summit, convening industry leaders to scale the infrastructure behind the AI economy. The Summit is produced in partnership with Fierce Network and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and takes place November 18-19 at the Hilton Riverside New Orleans in New…

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Registration Now Open for Questex’s Broadband Nation Expo – The Nation’s Premier Event for the Next Era of End-to-End Connectivity

NEW ORLEANS, May 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Broadband Nation Expo today announces that registration is officially open for the fourth annual event taking place November 18-20 at the Hilton Riverside New Orleans in New Orleans, LA. Recognized as the nation’s largest meeting ground for end-to-end broadband, the event brings together service providers, equipment manufacturers, technology…

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Recent Blogs

Why Data Center Infrastructure Needs Its Own Quality Standard

By Mike Regan | July 14, 2026 | Comments Off on Why Data Center Infrastructure Needs Its Own Quality Standard

Data center quality risk no longer stops at servers, switches, and software. As facilities scale, the risk extends into the power, cooling, and controls that keep operations online. Artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads increase power density, thermal complexity, and system interdependence, reducing tolerance for variation in infrastructure quality. This shift exposes a gap, as…

Understanding TIA-942: A Q&A with Tom McGarry

By TIA Staff | June 11, 2026 | Comments Off on Understanding TIA-942: A Q&A with Tom McGarry

Adapted from a podcast produced by the Telecommunications Industry Foundation (TIF). As data centers evolve rapidly, driven in large part by AI—industry standards play a critical role in ensuring reliability, scalability, and trust. In this Q&A, Michelle Kang, TIF Chair and newly appointed TIA Board Member, speaks with Tom McGarry, VP of Standards at the…

Why AI Infrastructure Needs More Than ISO: Reimagining Quality for the Data Center Era

By TIA Staff | June 2, 2026 | Comments Off on Why AI Infrastructure Needs More Than ISO: Reimagining Quality for the Data Center Era

The rapid expansion of AI is reshaping the data center industry at a pace few sectors have experienced. Demand for compute is accelerating, infrastructure is scaling rapidly, and expectations for uptime and performance continue to rise. In a recent webinar, TIA’s Mike Regan and Google’s Govind Ramu examined how this shift is exposing gaps in…

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