Press Releases

Two TIA Staff Members Added to Key Federal Advisory Roles

Arlington, VA (April 03, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—released a statement congratulating two staff members, Colin Andrews and Patrick Lozada, for their new federal advisory roles. TIA’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, Colin Andrews, was elected to the Executive Committee of Communications Sector Coordinating Council (CSCC). The CSCC advances…

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TIA Welcomes Opportunity to Provide Comments to NTIA on National Spectrum Strategy

Arlington, VA (March 15, 2023) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the trusted industry association for the connected world, today announced it will be providing comments on behalf of its members in support of the National Telecommunications and Information Adminstration’s (NTIA) request for comments on National Spectrum Strategy, issued today. TIA issued the following statement from Vice…

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Senator Mark Warner to be Featured Speaker at BEAD Success Summit

Arlington, VA (March 07, 2023) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the trusted industry association for the connected world, today announced it confirmed U.S. Senator Mark Warner from Virginia as a featured speaker at the BEAD Success Summit, taking place April 19 – 20 in Arlington, Virginia. Senator Warner currently serves as Chairman of the Intelligence Committee…

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Recent Blogs

DCE 9000 Is Moving Fast Because the Industry Can’t Wait

By TIA Staff | September 19, 2026 | Comments Off on DCE 9000 Is Moving Fast Because the Industry Can’t Wait

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…

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…

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