DCD Connect Southern Europe 2026 This year, the event will welcome more than 2,500 professionals, bringing together senior operators, end-users, hyperscalers, engineers and technical specialists. Designed to deliver a broader, more dynamic and more connected…
Edge Data Centers A Future at The Edge: Edge Data Center Working Group Solutions Brief Papers With 5G on the horizon, and the promise of a host of new technology applications, we are…
Enhancing Data Center Performance: The Importance of TIA-942 Certification By: Scott Payton, Technical Director, GDCE Group MSc ISM, MIET, MASHRAE, CTDC, CTIA, CDCE, CDCS, CDCP, ATD, ATS, CDCAP In today’s rapidly evolving digital world, data centers (DCs) have become…
How Broadband, Workforce Development, and Standards Drive Data Center Growth The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently hosted a listening session titled “Bolstering Data Center Growth, Resilience, and Security.” The session built on NTIA’s 2024 request for comment and…
ICT Summit Mexico 2024 Join Mr. Jacques Fluet, TIA’s Director, Network Service Assurance Program, for the closing keynote – Data Center evolution in an AI and sustainable world.
International Data Center Day 2022 By Jacques Fluet, Data Center Program Director, TIA TIA recently released the Edge Data Center Addendum to the ANSI/TIA-942-B data center infrastructure standard. The Addendum defines requirements for newer…
More than 600 Global Data Centers Certified Under TIA-942 Standard, which Delivers Improved Performance and Efficiency Arlington, VA (Mar. 26, 2025) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world — today announced that approximately 100 global facilities have been certified under TIA’s latest revision to…
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…
The Importance of Correct Design and Management for Data Center Fire Safety Systems By: Barry Elliott, Director, Capitoline CEng MIET MCIBSE MBA BSc(Hons) DCE ATD The ANSI/TIA-942-B-2017 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers, recognizes the need for an adequate fire detection and suppression strategy…
TIA Advances DCE 9000 Initiative to Strengthen Quality and Reliability Across Data Center Infrastructure Arlington, VA (February 25, 2026) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—announced continued industry momentum behind the Data Center Excellence (DCE 9000) initiative, a collaborative effort…
TIA Issues Call for Interest on new Project for Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers Stakeholders Invited to Contact TIA Regarding Participation. Arlington VA. (June 18, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.1 Engineering Committee on Premises Telecommunications Infrastructure has issued a call for…
