Press Releases
TIA Congratulates NIST Director Nominee on Senate Confirmation
Arlington, VA (April 11, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the trusted industry association for the connected world, today released a statement regarding the confirmation of Laurie Locascio as director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): “TIA congratulates Laurie Locascio on her Senate confirmation for NIST director. Ms. Locascio will bring the…
TIA Congratulates Alan Estevez on Senate Confirmation
Arlington, VA (April 4, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the trusted industry association for the connected world , today issued a statement regarding the confirmation of Alan Estevez as Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and Security. “TIA congratulates Alan Estevez on his Senate confirmation to lead the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). BIS…
TIA Publishes Addendum to Global Data Center Infrastructure Standard As 5G Network Buildouts Continue
Arlington, VA (March 08, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—has released an addendum to ANSI/TIA-942-B Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers, which is used globally to design, implement, and verify data center infrastructure. The addendum defines initial infrastructure requirements and design guidelines for edge data centers, also referred to as…
Recent Blogs
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…
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…
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…