Press Releases
Telecommunications Industry Association Issues Statement in Response to Executive Order from President Biden
Arlington, VA (July 09, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—today issued a statement in response to President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. “We are circling back to the same issues from a decade ago. This is disappointing given the levels of private investment made in…
TIA Applauds Senate Passage of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act
Arlington, VA (June 08, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—today congratulated the Senate on passing the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 (USICA). This bipartisan effort will help the United States continue its role as a world leader in information and communication technology innovation. “TIA favors critical investments in…
TIA Announces Global Member Meeting Featuring Government and Industry Leaders
Arlington, VA (May 10, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—announced it will host its 2021 Global Member Meeting on June 22-23 and features leading speakers from government and industry who will discuss the information and communications technology (ICT) sector’s most critical issues and opportunities. Kicking off with opening remarks from…
Recent Blogs
Artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and other compute-intensive workloads are imposing new demands on rapidly expanding data center infrastructure. Increasing power densities and more complex cooling architectures leave less tolerance for failure. Many existing standards address facility design or quality management for information and communications technology. However, none provides a lifecycle quality framework for suppliers…
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…