{"id":138895,"date":"2026-09-01T14:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=138895"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:53:13","slug":"the-best-data-center-policy-can-fit-on-a-bumper-sticker-bring-your-own-power-and-pay-your-own-tab-the-solution-is-simple-a-server-farm-should-add-generation-instead-of-arriving-at-the-grid-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=138895","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The best data-center policy can fit on a bumper sticker: bring your own power and pay your own tab.\n\nThe solution is simple. A server farm should add generation, instead of arriving at the grid like a distant cousin who brings six children to Thanksgiving and asks whether anyone has a spare bedroom. They should be built in out-of-the-way locations, such as those we already reserve for sewage treatment plants, airports, and landfills.\n\nFortunately, America already possesses engineers, zoning codes, utility commissions, and more lawyers than any build-location emergency could possibly require.&#8220;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The best data-center policy can fit on a bumper sticker: bring your own power and pay your own tab.<\/p>\n<p>The solution is simple. A server farm should add generation, instead of arriving at the grid like a distant cousin who brings six children to Thanksgiving and asks whether anyone has a spare bedroom. They should be built in out-of-the-way locations, such as those we already reserve for sewage treatment plants, airports, and landfills.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, America already possesses engineers, zoning codes, utility commissions, and more lawyers than any build-location emergency could possibly require.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>  &mdash; M\u0250\u0279\u0279\u01ddu W\u028e\u01dd\u0279s (@warrenmyers)<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/warrenmyers\/status\/2094800666497634754\">Sep 1, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\nfrom Twitter https:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenmyers<\/p>\n<p>September 1, 2026 at 10:52AM<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"https:\/\/ifttt.com\/?ref=da&#038;site=wordpress\">IFTTT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The best data-center policy can fit on a bumper sticker: bring your own power and pay your own tab. The solution is simple. A server farm should add generation, instead of arriving at the grid like a distant cousin who brings six children to Thanksgiving and asks whether anyone has a spare bedroom. They should &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=138895\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;The best data-center policy can fit on a bumper sticker: bring your own power and pay your own tab.<\/p>\n<p>The solution is simple. A server farm should add generation, instead of arriving at the grid like a distant cousin who brings six children to Thanksgiving and asks whether anyone has a spare bedroom. They should be built in out-of-the-way locations, such as those we already reserve for sewage treatment plants, airports, and landfills.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, America already possesses engineers, zoning codes, utility commissions, and more lawyers than any build-location emergency could possibly require.&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[792],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-138895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blih","tag-twitter"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138896,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138895\/revisions\/138896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138895"},{"taxonomy":"keyring_services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkeyring_services&post=138895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}