Press Releases

TIA Applauds Senate Action to Support U.S. Leadership in Tech Standards

Arlington, VA (July 31, 2024) – The Telecommunications Industry Association – a standards developing organization representing trusted manufacturers of telecommunications equipment and services – released the following statement from Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Melissa Newman: “TIA commends the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for the actions taken today in supporting U.S….

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TIA offers Various Educational and Training Resources to Help Improve Cyber Security and Supply Chain Posture

Arlington, VA (July 8, 2024) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—today  announced a comprehensive range of on-demand and instructor-led educational and training sessions tailored to facilitate the understanding and successful execution of the SCS 9001™ 2.0 Supply Chain Security Management System certification process. The SCS 9001™ 2.0 Supply Chain Security Management System…

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TIA Unveils Revision C of the Global Data Center Infrastructure Standard

Arlington, VA (May 9, 2024) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world — today announced an update to its Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers, ANSI/TIA-942. This newly published document marks the third revision since the inception of the original ANSI/TIA-942 standard, which sets forth the requirements and recommendations for designing and implementing…

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Recent Blogs

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…

ANSI/TIA-942 and DCE 9000: Understanding the Benefits and Difference

By TIA Staff | March 23, 2026 | Comments Off on ANSI/TIA-942 and DCE 9000: Understanding the Benefits and Difference

From streaming and cloud services to AI and enterprise applications, nearly every aspect of the modern digital economy depends on highly reliable data centers. As capacity scales rapidly and operating environments grow more demanding, infrastructure reliability, resilience, performance, and efficiency become mission‑critical priorities. Standardized approaches to data center design and to the quality of the infrastructure supply chain are…

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