Press Releases

TIA Announces New VP of Government Affairs, Melissa Newman

Arlington, VA (October 5, 2020) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today announced that Melissa Newman was hired to serve as the Vice President of Government Affairs. Newman brings extensive experience in the telecommunications industry, most recently serving as the VP of External…

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UL and the Telecommunications Industry Association Launch World’s First Smart Building Assessment and Rating

Northbrook, Ill. and Arlington, Va., September 29, 2020 – UL, a leading global safety science company, and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today launched the SPIRETM Smart Building Program, the world’s first-and-only, comprehensive and objective assessment and rating program for smart buildings. Created in…

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TIA QuEST Forum Announces Virtual ICT Summit

Arlington, VA (September 21, 2020) –– The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today announced the details for its ICT Summit 2020 virtual event. The event will feature four, 90-minute webinars featuring leading speakers from various companies and countries. The free-to-attend sessions from TIA’s QuEST Forum will offer attendees…

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Recent Blogs

Securing Converged Data Center Infrastructure Through Supply Chain Trust

By Mike Regan | February 23, 2026 | Comments Off on Securing Converged Data Center Infrastructure Through Supply Chain Trust

Most data centers no longer operate as standalone IT facilities. They are architected as tightly integrated systems, unifying IT and operational technologies through software-driven control and management layers. As critical infrastructure for national economies and public services, data center security requirements have expanded beyond perimeter defenses and runtime controls alone. Supply chain security is now…

Building the Resilient Future of Data Center Infrastructure

By TIA Staff | December 17, 2025 | Comments Off on Building the Resilient Future of Data Center Infrastructure

Unprecedented global demand for compute and data services is redefining expectations for data center performance and reliability. Hyperscale operators now support millions of transactions per minute across search, video, and cloud workloads. AI-driven growth accelerates these trends, with global demand for digital infrastructure expected to triple by the end of the decade. Expanding data centers…

Aligning the AI High Performance Computing infrastructure with the ANSI/TIA-942 Ratings resilience model

By TIA Staff | December 10, 2025 | Comments Off on Aligning the AI High Performance Computing infrastructure with the ANSI/TIA-942 Ratings resilience model

Author: Barry Elliott, Director, Capitoline Ltd   The last few years have seen the rise of the Artificial Intelligence High Performance Computing model, or AI HPC, which is typified by Graphic Processing Units, GPUs, exemplified by the NVIDIA GB200/300 NVL72 computers and their supporting infrastructure. Some industry observers have commented that this is like going from ‘servers…

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