Inside the SSD Shortage Crisis w/ Tom Coughlin

Inside the SSD Shortage Crisis w/ Tom Coughlin

From Data Unchained by Hammerspace

February 6, 2026 · 34 min · Episode 105

About this episode

Molly Presley interviews Tom Coughlin about the SSD shortage crisis and the impact of AI on the storage market.

In this episode of Data Unchained, Molly Presley sits down with storage industry legend Tom Coughlin to break down the surge in global demand for NAND, DRAM, SSDs, and hard drives. AI is reshaping the storage market faster than anyone anticipated, and this conversation delivers the clearest look yet at what is happening, why it happened, and what enterprises can do about it. Tom and Molly dive deep into pricing spikes, long lead times, supply chain pressures, workflow strategies, data movement challenges, and the new architectural patterns emerging as AI continues to consume storage at historic levels. If you are responsible for data infrastructure, AI readiness, cloud strategy, or capacity planning, this episode is essential. Cyberpunk by jiglr | https://soundcloud.com/jiglrmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Molly Presley

Guest: Tom Coughlin

Topics covered

  • SSD shortage
  • NAND demand
  • DRAM
  • AI impact on storage
  • supply chain
  • data infrastructure

Keywords

  • SSD
  • NAND
  • DRAM
  • AI
  • supply chain
  • pricing spikes
  • data movement
  • cloud strategy

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Organizations: Hammerspace, Acast, jiglr

Books & works: Cyberpunk

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