Press Releases

TIA Applauds U.S. Senate Vote Advancing Critical Semiconductor Investments

Arlington, VA (July 27, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—released a statement applauding the U.S. Senate for passing the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. “The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 is a step forward for American innovation. By making critical investments in America’s semiconductor industry and providing NIST…

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TIA Publishes New Position Paper on the Need for Standardization of ICT Lifecycle Management and Opens Call for Committee Participation

Arlington, VA (July 27, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—has issued a new position paper on the need for standardizing information communications technology (ICT) infrastructure lifecycle management. The paper describes how ICT environments of medium-to-large enterprises and government agencies have become increasingly complex and why a new industry standard will…

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TIA Announces New Comprehensive White Paper on Smart Building Cybersecurity

Arlington, VA (July 06, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world— announced a new white paper entitled, “Smart Building Cybersecurity: Design Approach for Multi-Stakeholder Environments,” authored by various subject matter experts from TIA’s Smart Building Industry Working Group. The white paper is a free resource designed to help various smart building…

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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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