diff --git a/agents.tf b/agents.tf
index 538f1e5..38000be 100644
--- a/agents.tf
+++ b/agents.tf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module "agents" {
   private_key            = var.private_key
   additional_public_keys = var.additional_public_keys
   firewall_ids           = [hcloud_firewall.k3s.id]
-  placement_group_id     = hcloud_placement_group.k3s.id
+  placement_group_id     = element(hcloud_placement_group.control_plane.*.id, ceil(each.value.index / 10))
   location               = each.value.location
   server_type            = each.value.server_type
   ipv4_subnet_id         = hcloud_network_subnet.subnet[[for i, v in var.agent_nodepools : i if v.name == each.value.nodepool_name][0] + length(var.control_plane_nodepools) + 1].id
diff --git a/control_planes.tf b/control_planes.tf
index 37655a7..b637d93 100644
--- a/control_planes.tf
+++ b/control_planes.tf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module "control_planes" {
   private_key            = var.private_key
   additional_public_keys = var.additional_public_keys
   firewall_ids           = [hcloud_firewall.k3s.id]
-  placement_group_id     = hcloud_placement_group.k3s.id
+  placement_group_id     = element(hcloud_placement_group.control_plane.*.id, ceil(each.value.index / 10))
   location               = each.value.location
   server_type            = each.value.server_type
   ipv4_subnet_id         = hcloud_network_subnet.subnet[[for i, v in var.control_plane_nodepools : i if v.name == each.value.nodepool_name][0] + 1].id
diff --git a/locals.tf b/locals.tf
index bda11db..addbbcb 100644
--- a/locals.tf
+++ b/locals.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 locals {
   # if we are in a single cluster config, we use the default klipper lb instead of Hetzner LB
-  is_single_node_cluster = sum(concat([for v in var.control_plane_nodepools : v.count], [0])) + sum(concat([for v in var.agent_nodepools : v.count], [0])) == 1
+  total_node_count       = sum(concat([for v in var.control_plane_nodepools : v.count], [0])) + sum(concat([for v in var.agent_nodepools : v.count], [0]))
+  control_plane_count    = sum(concat([for v in var.control_plane_nodepools : v.count], [0]))
+  agent_count            = sum(concat([for v in var.agent_nodepools : v.count], [0]))
+  is_single_node_cluster = local.total_node_count == 1
   ssh_public_key         = trimspace(file(var.public_key))
   # ssh_private_key is either the contents of var.private_key or null to use a ssh agent.
   ssh_private_key = var.private_key == null ? null : trimspace(file(var.private_key))
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index e074930..6bdabfd 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -36,13 +36,16 @@ resource "hcloud_firewall" "k3s" {
   }
 }
 
-resource "hcloud_placement_group" "k3s" {
-  name = var.cluster_name
-  type = "spread"
-  labels = {
-    "provisioner" = "terraform",
-    "engine"      = "k3s"
-  }
+resource "hcloud_placement_group" "control_plane" {
+  count = ceil(local.control_plane_count / 10)
+  name  = "${var.cluster_name}-${count.index + 1}"
+  type  = "spread"
+}
+
+resource "hcloud_placement_group" "agent" {
+  count = ceil(local.agent_count / 10)
+  name  = "${var.cluster_name}-${count.index + 1}"
+  type  = "spread"
 }
 
 data "hcloud_load_balancer" "traefik" {