Press Releases

Blackburn’s Open Internet Preservation Act Delivers Both Business Predictability and Consumer Protection

Arlington, Va. (December 19, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech connectivity networks, applauded today’s introduction of The Open Internet Preservation Act, sponsored by House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). Cinnamon Rogers, TIA’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs,…

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TIA Thanks FCC Chairman Wheeler for His Service

Arlington, VA (December 15, 2016) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), today thanked Chairman Tom Wheeler for his dedicated work at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and his service to the country. TIA interim CEO David Heard offered the following statement: “Tom Wheeler set an ambitious agenda at the FCC and proved to be a thoughtful…

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FCC’s Net Neutrality Vote Serves Consumers and Supports Innovation by Elevating Technologists over Bureaucrats

Arlington, Va. (December 14, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech connectivity networks, today applauded the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) approval of Chairman Ajit Pai’s “Restoring Internet Freedom” proposal. Cinnamon Rogers, TIA’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, issued the following statement: “Today’s vote paves the way…

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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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