Press Releases

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…

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TIA Inaugural Star Awards Recognize the Most Engaged and Active Members

Arlington, VA (February 17, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—presents the winners of the first ever TIA Star Awards. The TIA Star Awards are designed to recognize TIA’s most active companies and individuals for their contributions to the advancement of TIA and industry objectives and initiatives. To measure member engagement…

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TIA QuEST Forum Recognizes Accomplishments of Member Companies and Professionals with Annual Awards

Arlington, VA (February 9, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—congratulates the winners of the TIA QuEST Forum Annual Awards, including the 2021 Sustainability Awards, a new TIA QuEST Forum Fellow, the Volunteer of the Year and Participant Company of the Year. TIA QuEST Forum was established more than two decades…

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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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