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Forge’s Broadband Nation Expo Builds Major Momentum for 2026 Event, Nearly 100 Speakers and Growing Roster of Industry Sponsors
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The fourth annual Broadband Nation Expo, produced by Forge’s Fierce Network and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), is building major momentum for its 2026 event taking place November 18-20 in New Orleans. Nearly 100 speakers have been added to the agenda and leading companies across broadband and digital infrastructure will…
TIA’s DCE 9000 Initiative Builds Momentum with New Members, Expanded Collaboration, and Program Milestones
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 11, 2026 — The Telecommunications Industry Association—enabling the future of trusted digital infrastructure,—announced continued momentum for its Data Center Excellence (DCE) 9000 initiative with the addition of eighteen new member organizations, the launch of two critical program sub-teams, and the publication of additional resources. As demand for resilient, scalable, and high-performing digital infrastructure continues to…
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…
Recent Blogs
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…
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…
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…