Press Releases

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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TIA Broadens Reach by Adding 12 New Members

Arlington, VA (June 22, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—has welcomed 12 new members so far in 2022, including T-Mobile and companies from diverse sectors of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry. TIA continues to build and broaden the growth in membership and participation as it focuses on expanding and…

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Broadband Program Rules A Step Forward to Connecting All Americans

Arlington, VA (May 13, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted ICT industry association—applauds the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) for releasing its Notice of Funding Opportunity for broadband projects under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. “The Notice of Funding Opportunity from NTIA is a major step forward in ensuring all Americans have access to reliable, high-speed broadband services,”…

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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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