diff --git a/components/datetime/src/lib.rs b/components/datetime/src/lib.rs
index 9946291ca94..e98b2dad3f1 100644
--- a/components/datetime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/datetime/src/lib.rs
@@ -207,12 +207,12 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn check_sizes() {
-        check_size_of!(5784 | 4576, DateFormatter);
-        check_size_of!(6784 | 5448, DateTimeFormatter);
-        check_size_of!(7896 | 6464, ZonedDateTimeFormatter);
+        check_size_of!(5800 | 4592, DateFormatter);
+        check_size_of!(6792 | 5456, DateTimeFormatter);
+        check_size_of!(7904 | 6480, ZonedDateTimeFormatter);
         check_size_of!(1496 | 1320, TimeFormatter);
-        check_size_of!(1112 | 1016, TimeZoneFormatter);
-        check_size_of!(5744 | 4536, TypedDateFormatter::<Gregorian>);
+        check_size_of!(1112 | 1024, TimeZoneFormatter);
+        check_size_of!(5752 | 4544, TypedDateFormatter::<Gregorian>);
         check_size_of!(6744 | 5408, TypedDateTimeFormatter::<Gregorian>);
 
         check_size_of!(80, DateTimeError);
@@ -224,19 +224,19 @@ mod tests {
         type DP<M> = DataPayload<M>;
         check_size_of!(208, DP::<PatternPluralsFromPatternsV1Marker>);
         check_size_of!(1032 | 904, DP::<TimeSymbolsV1Marker>);
-        check_size_of!(32, DP::<GenericPatternV1Marker>);
+        check_size_of!(40, DP::<GenericPatternV1Marker>);
         check_size_of!(208, DP::<PatternPluralsFromPatternsV1Marker>);
         check_size_of!(5064 | 3904, DP::<ErasedDateSymbolsV1Marker>);
         check_size_of!(16, DP::<WeekDataV1Marker>);
-        check_size_of!(288 | 224, DP::<TimeZoneFormatsV1Marker>);
+        check_size_of!(288 | 232, DP::<TimeZoneFormatsV1Marker>);
         check_size_of!(64 | 56, DP::<ExemplarCitiesV1Marker>);
-        check_size_of!(120 | 104, DP::<MetazoneGenericNamesLongV1Marker>);
-        check_size_of!(120 | 104, DP::<MetazoneGenericNamesShortV1Marker>);
-        check_size_of!(216 | 200, DP::<MetazoneSpecificNamesLongV1Marker>);
-        check_size_of!(216 | 200, DP::<MetazoneSpecificNamesShortV1Marker>);
+        check_size_of!(120 | 112, DP::<MetazoneGenericNamesLongV1Marker>);
+        check_size_of!(120 | 112, DP::<MetazoneGenericNamesShortV1Marker>);
+        check_size_of!(216 | 208, DP::<MetazoneSpecificNamesLongV1Marker>);
+        check_size_of!(216 | 208, DP::<MetazoneSpecificNamesShortV1Marker>);
         check_size_of!(168, PluralRules);
         check_size_of!(256 | 208, FixedDecimalFormatter);
-        check_size_of!(1024 | 928, TimeZoneDataPayloads);
+        check_size_of!(1024 | 936, TimeZoneDataPayloads);
         check_size_of!(3, TimeZoneFormatterUnit);
     }
 }
diff --git a/provider/core/src/datagen/payload.rs b/provider/core/src/datagen/payload.rs
index 665760d82ce..d9e3012434e 100644
--- a/provider/core/src/datagen/payload.rs
+++ b/provider/core/src/datagen/payload.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use alloc::boxed::Box;
 use databake::{Bake, CrateEnv, TokenStream};
 use yoke::*;
 
-trait ExportableYoke {
+trait ExportableDataPayload {
     fn bake_yoke(&self, env: &CrateEnv) -> TokenStream;
     fn serialize_yoke(
         &self,
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ trait ExportableYoke {
     ) -> Result<(), DataError>;
 }
 
-impl<Y, C> ExportableYoke for Yoke<Y, C>
+impl<M: DataMarker> ExportableDataPayload for DataPayload<M>
 where
-    Y: for<'a> Yokeable<'a>,
-    for<'a> <Y as Yokeable<'a>>::Output: Bake + serde::Serialize,
+    for<'a> <M::Yokeable as Yokeable<'a>>::Output: Bake + serde::Serialize,
 {
     fn bake_yoke(&self, ctx: &CrateEnv) -> TokenStream {
         self.get().bake(ctx)
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ where
 #[doc(hidden)] // exposed for make_exportable_provider
 #[derive(yoke::Yokeable)]
 pub struct ExportBox {
-    payload: Box<dyn ExportableYoke + Sync>,
+    payload: Box<dyn ExportableDataPayload + Sync>,
 }
 
 impl core::fmt::Debug for ExportBox {
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ where
 {
     fn upcast(other: DataPayload<M>) -> DataPayload<ExportMarker> {
         DataPayload::from_owned(ExportBox {
-            payload: Box::new(other.yoke),
+            payload: Box::new(other),
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/provider/core/src/response.rs b/provider/core/src/response.rs
index 1acad513a5f..4e0b103fc46 100644
--- a/provider/core/src/response.rs
+++ b/provider/core/src/response.rs
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ pub struct DataResponseMetadata {
 ///
 /// assert_eq!("Demo", payload.get().message);
 /// ```
-pub struct DataPayload<M>
-where
-    M: DataMarker,
-{
-    pub(crate) yoke: Yoke<M::Yokeable, Option<Cart>>,
+pub struct DataPayload<M: DataMarker>(pub(crate) DataPayloadInner<M>);
+
+pub(crate) enum DataPayloadInner<M: DataMarker> {
+    Yoke(Yoke<M::Yokeable, Option<Cart>>),
+    StaticRef(&'static M::Yokeable),
 }
 
 /// The type of the "cart" that is used by `DataPayload`.
@@ -136,9 +136,10 @@ where
     for<'a> YokeTraitHack<<M::Yokeable as Yokeable<'a>>::Output>: Clone,
 {
     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            yoke: self.yoke.clone(),
-        }
+        Self(match &self.0 {
+            DataPayloadInner::Yoke(yoke) => DataPayloadInner::Yoke(yoke.clone()),
+            DataPayloadInner::StaticRef(r) => DataPayloadInner::StaticRef(*r),
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -194,17 +195,23 @@ where
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     pub fn from_owned(data: M::Yokeable) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            yoke: Yoke::new_owned(data),
-        }
+        Self(DataPayloadInner::Yoke(Yoke::new_owned(data)))
+    }
+
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn from_static_ref(data: &'static M::Yokeable) -> Self {
+        Self(DataPayloadInner::StaticRef(data))
     }
 
     /// Convert a DataPayload that was created via [`DataPayload::from_owned()`] back into the
     /// concrete type used to construct it.
     pub fn try_unwrap_owned(self) -> Result<M::Yokeable, DataError> {
-        self.yoke
-            .try_into_yokeable()
-            .map_err(|_| DataErrorKind::InvalidState.with_str_context("try_unwrap_owned"))
+        match self.0 {
+            DataPayloadInner::Yoke(yoke) => yoke.try_into_yokeable().ok(),
+            DataPayloadInner::StaticRef(_) => None,
+        }
+        .ok_or(DataErrorKind::InvalidState.with_str_context("try_unwrap_owned"))
     }
 
     /// Mutate the data contained in this DataPayload.
@@ -245,8 +252,15 @@ where
     pub fn with_mut<'a, F>(&'a mut self, f: F)
     where
         F: 'static + for<'b> FnOnce(&'b mut <M::Yokeable as Yokeable<'a>>::Output),
+        M::Yokeable: zerofrom::ZeroFrom<'static, M::Yokeable>,
     {
-        self.yoke.with_mut(f)
+        if let DataPayloadInner::StaticRef(r) = self.0 {
+            self.0 = DataPayloadInner::Yoke(Yoke::new_owned(zerofrom::ZeroFrom::zero_from(r)));
+        }
+        match &mut self.0 {
+            DataPayloadInner::Yoke(yoke) => yoke.with_mut(f),
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
     }
 
     /// Borrows the underlying data.
@@ -267,7 +281,10 @@ where
     #[inline]
     #[allow(clippy::needless_lifetimes)]
     pub fn get<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a <M::Yokeable as Yokeable<'a>>::Output {
-        self.yoke.get()
+        match &self.0 {
+            DataPayloadInner::Yoke(yoke) => yoke.get(),
+            DataPayloadInner::StaticRef(r) => Yokeable::transform(*r),
+        }
     }
 
     /// Maps `DataPayload<M>` to `DataPayload<M2>` by projecting it with [`Yoke::map_project`].
@@ -319,10 +336,15 @@ where
             <M::Yokeable as Yokeable<'a>>::Output,
             PhantomData<&'a ()>,
         ) -> <M2::Yokeable as Yokeable<'a>>::Output,
+        M::Yokeable: zerofrom::ZeroFrom<'static, M::Yokeable>,
     {
-        DataPayload {
-            yoke: self.yoke.map_project(f),
-        }
+        DataPayload(DataPayloadInner::Yoke(
+            match self.0 {
+                DataPayloadInner::Yoke(yoke) => yoke,
+                DataPayloadInner::StaticRef(r) => Yoke::new_owned(zerofrom::ZeroFrom::zero_from(r)),
+            }
+            .map_project(f),
+        ))
     }
 
     /// Version of [`DataPayload::map_project()`] that borrows `self` instead of moving `self`.
@@ -363,9 +385,16 @@ where
             PhantomData<&'a ()>,
         ) -> <M2::Yokeable as Yokeable<'a>>::Output,
     {
-        DataPayload {
-            yoke: self.yoke.map_project_cloned(f),
-        }
+        DataPayload(DataPayloadInner::Yoke(match &self.0 {
+            DataPayloadInner::Yoke(yoke) => yoke.map_project_cloned(f),
+            DataPayloadInner::StaticRef(r) => {
+                let output: <M2::Yokeable as Yokeable<'static>>::Output =
+                    f(Yokeable::transform(*r), PhantomData);
+                // Safety: <M2::Yokeable as Yokeable<'static>>::Output is the same type as M2::Yokeable
+                let yokeable: M2::Yokeable = unsafe { M2::Yokeable::make(output) };
+                Yoke::new_owned(yokeable)
+            }
+        }))
     }
 
     /// Version of [`DataPayload::map_project()`] that bubbles up an error from `f`.
@@ -412,10 +441,15 @@ where
             <M::Yokeable as Yokeable<'a>>::Output,
             PhantomData<&'a ()>,
         ) -> Result<<M2::Yokeable as Yokeable<'a>>::Output, E>,
+        M::Yokeable: zerofrom::ZeroFrom<'static, M::Yokeable>,
     {
-        Ok(DataPayload {
-            yoke: self.yoke.try_map_project(f)?,
-        })
+        Ok(DataPayload(DataPayloadInner::Yoke(
+            match self.0 {
+                DataPayloadInner::Yoke(yoke) => yoke,
+                DataPayloadInner::StaticRef(r) => Yoke::new_owned(zerofrom::ZeroFrom::zero_from(r)),
+            }
+            .try_map_project(f)?,
+        )))
     }
 
     /// Version of [`DataPayload::map_project_cloned()`] that  bubbles up an error from `f`.
@@ -466,9 +500,15 @@ where
             PhantomData<&'a ()>,
         ) -> Result<<M2::Yokeable as Yokeable<'a>>::Output, E>,
     {
-        Ok(DataPayload {
-            yoke: self.yoke.try_map_project_cloned(f)?,
-        })
+        Ok(DataPayload(DataPayloadInner::Yoke(match &self.0 {
+            DataPayloadInner::Yoke(yoke) => yoke.try_map_project_cloned(f)?,
+            DataPayloadInner::StaticRef(r) => {
+                let output: <M2::Yokeable as Yokeable<'static>>::Output =
+                    f(Yokeable::transform(*r), PhantomData)?;
+                // Safety: <M2::Yokeable as Yokeable<'static>>::Output is the same type as M2::Yokeable
+                Yoke::new_owned(unsafe { M2::Yokeable::make(output) })
+            }
+        })))
     }
 
     /// Convert between two [`DataMarker`] types that are compatible with each other.
@@ -498,7 +538,10 @@ where
     where
         M2: DataMarker<Yokeable = M::Yokeable>,
     {
-        DataPayload { yoke: self.yoke }
+        DataPayload(match self.0 {
+            DataPayloadInner::Yoke(yoke) => DataPayloadInner::Yoke(yoke),
+            DataPayloadInner::StaticRef(r) => DataPayloadInner::StaticRef(r),
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -508,19 +551,17 @@ impl DataPayload<BufferMarker> {
         let yoke = Yoke::attach_to_cart(SelectedRc::new(buffer), |b| &**b);
         // Safe because cart is wrapped
         let yoke = unsafe { yoke.replace_cart(|b| Some(Cart(b))) };
-        Self { yoke }
+        Self(DataPayloadInner::Yoke(yoke))
     }
 
     /// Converts a yoked byte buffer into a `DataPayload<BufferMarker>`.
     pub fn from_yoked_buffer(yoke: Yoke<&'static [u8], Option<Cart>>) -> Self {
-        Self { yoke }
+        Self(DataPayloadInner::Yoke(yoke))
     }
 
     /// Converts a static byte buffer into a `DataPayload<BufferMarker>`.
     pub fn from_static_buffer(buffer: &'static [u8]) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            yoke: Yoke::new_owned(buffer),
-        }
+        Self(DataPayloadInner::Yoke(Yoke::new_owned(buffer)))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/utils/zerofrom/src/zero_from.rs b/utils/zerofrom/src/zero_from.rs
index 5b89ea5fb3e..204b3b635cd 100644
--- a/utils/zerofrom/src/zero_from.rs
+++ b/utils/zerofrom/src/zero_from.rs
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ impl<'zf, B: ToOwned + ?Sized> ZeroFrom<'zf, Cow<'_, B>> for Cow<'zf, B> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'zf> ZeroFrom<'zf, &'_ str> for &'zf str {
+impl<'zf, T: ?Sized> ZeroFrom<'zf, &'_ T> for &'zf T {
     #[inline]
-    fn zero_from(other: &'zf &'_ str) -> &'zf str {
+    fn zero_from(other: &'zf &'_ T) -> &'zf T {
         other
     }
 }