Press Releases
TIA Welcomes Release of the National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology
Arlington, VA (May 4, 2023) – The Telecommunications Industry Association — the trusted industry association for the connected world — released a statement noting the Biden Administration’s National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology. TIA issued the following statement from CEO David Stehlin: “Standards play a vital role in advancing new technology innovations and promoting…
TIA Supports National Supply Chain Integrity Month, Highlights Capabilities of SCS 9001 Standard to Help Meet Objectives
Arlington, VA (April 26, 2023) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—released a statement in support of the White House, CISA, NTIA and other Federal agencies’ observance of April as National Supply Chain Integrity Month and their call to action to apply a comprehensive Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) approach to securing the…
TIA: Targeted Buy America Waiver a Necessary Step to Meet Broadband Goals
Arlington, VA (April 21, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—released a statement in support of the Biden Administration’s final waiver of Buy America requirements for NTIA’s Middle Mile Broadband program. TIA issued the following statement from CEO David Stehlin: “TIA appreciates the work the Department of Commerce undertook to…
Recent Blogs
Artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and other compute-intensive workloads are imposing new demands on rapidly expanding data center infrastructure. Increasing power densities and more complex cooling architectures leave less tolerance for failure. Many existing standards address facility design or quality management for information and communications technology. However, none provides a lifecycle quality framework for suppliers…
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…