diff --git a/devops/azure/chart/helm-config.yaml b/devops/azure/chart/helm-config.yaml
index cf8438efec51d9e3aef1b1edd2c4ff7f4e17ca0b..89157496f323e000d9c149870ed0b7cc70c1fa05 100644
--- a/devops/azure/chart/helm-config.yaml
+++ b/devops/azure/chart/helm-config.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ global:
 
   # Service(s) Replica Count
   replicaCount: 2
+  nodepool: services
+  isAutoscalingEnabled: false
 
 ################################################################################
 # Specify the Gitlab branch being used for image creation
diff --git a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index 9cad45fe5b65d9b340320ab9eeb71f67e861b595..41f3b2a47e175ed112d280b5d905d4fb6f0dee87 100644
--- a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ spec:
         app: {{ .Chart.Name }}
         aadpodidbinding: osdu-identity
     spec:
+{{- if .Values.global.isAutoscalingEnabled }}
+      nodeSelector:
+        nodepool: {{ .Values.global.nodepool }} 
+{{- end }}         
       volumes:
       - name: azure-keyvault
         csi:
diff --git a/devops/azure/chart/values.yaml b/devops/azure/chart/values.yaml
index 1122f9080d85c0a34c38ef5dac8d99747ab05651..90c2c83ff2333108dc351f642fce4bcba46fc3fb 100644
--- a/devops/azure/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/devops/azure/chart/values.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 global:
   replicaCount: 1
+  nodepool: services
+  isAutoscalingEnabled: false
 
 image:
   repository: community.opengroup.org:5555/osdu/platform/system/partition