FUEL USEFUL SPACE.
DustBowl is community-funded. Optional support helps cover real hardware, ad-free communities, and work that keeps useful game spaces running. A contribution never buys access, influence, or special treatment.
Where support goes
100% of community contributions directly fund bare-metal compute capacity, ad-free spaces, and continuous engineering upkeep.
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01 55% ALLOCATIONDEDICATED COMPUTE
Infrastructure
Real hardware and network capacity for the services people use.
- BARE-METAL CORE 100% Owned
- TRANSIT LATENCY 13-17ms Local
- CLOUD MARKUP $0.00 / Zero
RKE2 & WIREGUARD EDGE PRIVATE CLUSTER -
02 25% ALLOCATIONAD-FREE SANCTUARY
Community spaces
Ad-free places built for people to play, talk, and return to.
- COMMERCIAL ADS $0.00 / Zero
- IDENTITY SYSTEM Authentik SSO
- PLAYER ROSTERS Public & Audited
AUTHENTIK SSO & DISCORD ZERO AD TRACKING -
03 20% ALLOCATIONCONTINUOUS ENGINEERING
Maintenance
The ongoing work that keeps useful game spaces running.
- OFF-SITE BACKUPS Daily Wasabi S3
- SERVICE UPTIME 98% SLA Standard
- UPTIME KUMA Active Probes
LONGHORN & S3 BACKUPS AUTOMATED SNAPSHOTS
Choose what works for you.
One-time support gives DustBowl flexibility to cover operating costs where it is needed most.
- Optional
- No perks or special treatment.
- One time
- No recurring commitment.
- Secure
- Stripe handles payment details.
Cash contribution
STRIPE SECUREONE-TIME CONTRIBUTION
Select a preset amount or enter a custom amount.
Minimum $1. Maximum $10,000.
Stripe-hosted checkout. DustBowl does not receive your payment details.
Other ways to help
Have capacity, hardware, or skills to offer? Send details first. The team reviews what fits before making arrangements.
Hardware intake is local or specifically approved for shipping. DustBowl does not claim to be a certified recycler.
FREE ELECTRONICS RECYCLING & SECURE DATA DESTRUCTION
Turn surplus IT gear into community game servers. We provide free NIST 800-88 / DoD sanitization certificates in exchange for keeping the hardware.
THE ZERO-COST VALUE EXCHANGE: You get certified, audit-compliant data destruction at zero cost. DustBowl inspects, recycles, and recommissions the hardware to host ad-free game communities instead of filling landfills.
NIST 800-88 & DoD 5220.22-M
Every spinning HDD, SAS drive, and NVMe/SATA SSD undergoes cryptographically verified multi-pass sanitization. All bad sectors are mapped and permanently wiped. Un-sanitizable drives are physically rendered inert.
Free Certificate of Destruction
Storage media wiped to industry compliance standards. We issue a formal, serialized Certificate of Destruction documenting drive serial numbers, wipe passes, and verification hashes for corporate compliance.
Server & PC Equipment
We accept rackmount servers, workstations, managed network switches, storage drives, GPUs, enterprise power equipment, and components suitable for repurposing into community game nodes.
Community Repurposing
Functioning hardware is tested, repasted, updated, and deployed directly to expand compute capacity for community game servers and open tools instead of filling landfills.
From decommissioned hardware to live community gaming nodes.
Local Intake or Freight
Free drop-off or coordinated pickup across Catawba County (Hickory, Conover, Newton, NC). For corporate multi-server decoms, contact us to coordinate approved freight shipping.
Audit, Wipe & Certify
Drives are isolated and wiped to NIST 800-88 / DoD standards. Serialized certificates of destruction are generated with technician sign-off and issued directly to you.
Commissioning & Play
The hardware is integrated into our Proxmox / RKE2 cluster, hosting public game servers and community tools for players with zero commercial advertising.
Ready to recycle hardware or schedule a drop-off?
Submit intake details to receive drop-off instructions or discuss freight arrangements.
BUILT FOR PLAYERS WHO GIVE A DAMN.
Every dollar and donated server directly funds physical compute, ad-free gaming, and zero-loss community migrations. No venture debt. No commercial trackers.