Press Releases

Telecommunications Industry Association Statement on President Biden’s Release of Infrastructure Permitting Action Plan

Arlington, VA (May 11, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the trusted industry association for the connected world, today released a statement regarding the announcement today from the White House regarding a Permitting Action Plan to accelerate and deliver infrastructure projects on time and on budget. “TIA welcomes the White House’s announcement of a Permitting Action Plan,…

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TIA Opens Registration for Annual Member Meeting and Global Conference Featuring Leading Industry and Government Speakers

Arlington, VA (May 10, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—will hold its annual Member Meeting and Global Conference on June 21 and 22 featuring global business and government leaders discussing the key issues facing the information and communications industry. This year’s theme is “Extending the Reach of Trusted Networks”. The…

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TIA Opens Revision Period of TIA-222 Standard for Towers and Antenna Supporting Structures

Arlington, VA (May 02, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—announced that its TR-14 Committee, which oversees TIA’s standards for towers and antenna supporting structures, has begun the process of updating the TIA-222-H standard since it’s last full revision in 2017. TIA invites all industry stakeholders to get involved and submit…

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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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