Press Releases
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…
TIA will Partner with DCIA
Arlington, Va. (December 6, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech connectivity networks today announced an agreement to partner with the Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA), a trade organization dedicated to connecting companies, content, and consumers to the cloud. Over the next several months, the…
TIA Congratulates Rep. Walden on Election as Energy & Commerce Chair
Arlington, VA (December 1, 2016) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today congratulated U.S. Representative Greg Walden (R-OR) for his election as Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. TIA Interim CEO David Heard commented: “TIA has worked with Rep. Walden for…
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…