Press Releases

TIA: CHIPS and Science Act Will Support A Trusted ICT Ecosystem

Arlington, VA (August 9, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association — the trusted industry association for the connected world—released a statement applauding President Biden’s signature of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. TIA issued the following statement from CEO David Stehlin: “The CHIPS and Science Act is a critical, bipartisan investment in America’s connected future….

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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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Recent Blogs

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…

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…

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