Press Releases

TIA and SCF Announce Partnership to Accelerate Smart Cities and Enterprise Connectivity

Arlington, Va. & London, UK (September 13, 2017) –  Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization driving universal cellular coverage, and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech connectivity networks, today announced a far-reaching alliance to address two of the most important growth areas in connectivity –…

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TIA Updates Data Center Cabling Standard to Keep Pace with Rapid Technology Advancements

Arlington, Va. (August 9, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems Engineering Committee approved the TIA-942-B Data Center Cabling Standard. To help data centers address current and future needs, the updated standard includes several substantial changes from the previous version. TIA represents the companies that supply high-tech communications networks and is a global…

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TIA Applauds Senate Approval of MOBILE NOW Act; Says it is Essential for Delivering 5G, IoT and More

Arlington, Va. (August 3, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today applauded the Senate’s unanimous passage of S. 19, the MOBILE NOW Act. Cinnamon Rogers, TIA’s Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, commented: “MOBILE NOW is an essential ingredient for advancing modern connectivity and…

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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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