Press Releases
TIA Single Pair Ethernet Consortium to Collaborate with SPE System Alliance
Arlington, VA (September 27, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—announced its Single Pair Ethernet Consortium (SPEC) will partner with the Single Pair Ethernet System Alliance to educate the global market about the benefits that Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) technology will bring to different applications. Through this collaboration, the two associations hope…
Comcast Joins TIA to Help Tackle ICT Challenges of the Future
Arlington, VA (September 27, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—welcomes Comcast as a new member, joining the association to help advance ICT innovation and advocate for a more secure, connected future. “TIA is proud to now have Comcast formally join as a Full Member and strengthen our efforts with their…
TIA Expert to Talk 5G, Networking and How Data Centers Need to Adapt at BICSI Fall Conference
Arlington, VA (August 18, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—announced Jacques Fluet, Director of TIA’s Data Centers Technology Program, will be presenting how data centers will adapt to support a 5G-enabled world in a session at the Building Industry Consulting Service International Fall Conference on August 25. In his…
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…