diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d4043c53..7c7cd80a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.29.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.0
 	gopkg.in/validator.v2 v2.0.1
+	github.com/sfcompute/nodes-go v0.1.0-alpha.3
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.34.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1f70d3ae..cf59e5b5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0 h1:FuLQ+05u4ZI+SS/w9+BWEM2TXiHKsUQ9TADiRH7D
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0/go.mod h1:oPQLaDAMRbA+u8H5Pbfq+dl3VDAvHxMUOVhe0wYB2zw=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1 h1:KvO1DLK/DRN07sQ1LQKScxyZJuNnedQ5/wKSR38lUII=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1/go.mod h1:uMEvuHeurkdAXX61udpOXGD/AzZDWNMNyH2VO9fmH0o=
+github.com/sfcompute/nodes-go v0.1.0-alpha.3/go.mod h1:dF3O8MCxLz3FTVYhjCa876Z9O3EAM8E8fONivDpfmkM=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.15.0 h1:b/YBCLWAJdFWJTN9cLhiXXcD7mzKn9Dm86dNnfyQw1I=
diff --git a/v1/providers/sfcompute/capabilities.go b/v1/providers/sfcompute/capabilities.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac0604af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v1/providers/sfcompute/capabilities.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	v1 "github.com/brevdev/cloud/v1"
+)
+
+func getSFCCapabilities() v1.Capabilities {
+	return v1.Capabilities{
+		v1.CapabilityCreateInstance,
+		v1.CapabilityTerminateInstance,
+		v1.CapabilityCreateTerminateInstance,
+		// add others supported by your provider: reboot, stop/start, machine-image, tags, resize-volume, modify-firewall, etc.
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *SFCClient) GetCapabilities(_ context.Context) (v1.Capabilities, error) {
+	return getSFCCapabilities(), nil
+}
+
+func (c *SFCCredential) GetCapabilities(_ context.Context) (v1.Capabilities, error) {
+	return getSFCCapabilities(), nil
+}
diff --git a/v1/providers/sfcompute/client.go b/v1/providers/sfcompute/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fce08ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v1/providers/sfcompute/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	v1 "github.com/brevdev/cloud/v1"
+	"github.com/sfcompute/nodes-go/option"
+
+	sfcnodes "github.com/sfcompute/nodes-go"
+)
+
+type SFCCredential struct {
+	RefID  string
+	apiKey string `json:"api_key"`
+}
+
+var _ v1.CloudCredential = &SFCCredential{}
+
+func NewSFCCredential(refID string, apiKey string /* auth fields */) *SFCCredential {
+	return &SFCCredential{
+		RefID:  refID,
+		apiKey: apiKey,
+		// ...
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *SFCCredential) GetReferenceID() string { return c.RefID }
+func (c *SFCCredential) GetAPIType() v1.APIType { return v1.APITypeLocational /* or v1.APITypeGlobal */ }
+func (c *SFCCredential) GetCloudProviderID() v1.CloudProviderID {
+	return "sfcompute" // e.g., "lambdalabs"
+}
+func (c *SFCCredential) GetTenantID() (string, error) {
+	// sfc does not have a tenant system, return empty string
+	return "", nil
+}
+
+func (c *SFCCredential) MakeClient(ctx context.Context, location string) (v1.CloudClient, error) {
+	// Create a client configured for a given location if locational API
+	return NewSFCClient(c.RefID, c.apiKey /* auth fields */).MakeClient(ctx, location)
+}
+
+// ---------------- Client ----------------
+
+type SFCClient struct {
+	v1.NotImplCloudClient
+	refID    string
+	location string
+	apiKey   string
+	client   sfcnodes.Client // Add this field
+	// add http/sdk client fields, base URLs, etc.
+}
+
+var _ v1.CloudClient = &SFCClient{}
+
+func NewSFCClient(refID string, apiKey string /* auth fields */) *SFCClient {
+	return &SFCClient{
+		refID:  refID,
+		apiKey: apiKey,
+		client: sfcnodes.NewClient(
+			option.WithBearerToken(apiKey)),
+		// init http/sdk clients here
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *SFCClient) GetAPIType() v1.APIType                 { return v1.APITypeGlobal /* or Global */ }
+func (c *SFCClient) GetCloudProviderID() v1.CloudProviderID { return "sfcompute" }
+func (c *SFCClient) GetReferenceID() string                 { return c.refID }
+func (c *SFCClient) GetTenantID() (string, error)           { return "", nil }
+
+func (c *SFCClient) MakeClient(_ context.Context, location string) (v1.CloudClient, error) {
+	c.location = location
+	return c, nil
+}
diff --git a/v1/providers/sfcompute/instance.go b/v1/providers/sfcompute/instance.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cc8f7b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v1/providers/sfcompute/instance.go
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	v1 "github.com/brevdev/cloud/v1"
+	sfcnodes "github.com/sfcompute/nodes-go"
+	"github.com/sfcompute/nodes-go/packages/param"
+)
+
+// define function to convert string to b64
+func toBase64(s string) string {
+	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(s))
+}
+
+// define function to add ssh key to cloud init
+func sshKeyCloudInit(sshKey string) string {
+	return toBase64(fmt.Sprintf("#cloud-config\nssh_authorized_keys:\n  - %s", sshKey))
+}
+
+func mapSFCStatus(s string) v1.LifecycleStatus {
+	switch strings.ToLower(s) {
+	case "pending", "nodefailure", "unspecified", "awaitingcapacity", "unknown", "failed":
+		return v1.LifecycleStatusPending
+	case "running":
+		return v1.LifecycleStatusRunning
+	// case "stopping":
+	//return v1.LifecycleStatusStopping
+	case "stopped":
+		return v1.LifecycleStatusStopped
+	case "terminating", "released":
+		return v1.LifecycleStatusTerminating
+	case "destroyed", "deleted":
+		return v1.LifecycleStatusTerminated
+	default:
+		return v1.LifecycleStatusPending
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *SFCClient) CreateInstance(ctx context.Context, attrs v1.CreateInstanceAttrs) (*v1.Instance, error) {
+	resp, err := c.client.Nodes.New(ctx, sfcnodes.NodeNewParams{
+		CreateNodesRequest: sfcnodes.CreateNodesRequestParam{
+			DesiredCount:        1,
+			MaxPricePerNodeHour: 1000,
+			Zone:                attrs.Location,
+			ImageID:             param.Opt[string]{Value: attrs.ImageID},                    //this needs to point to a valid image
+			CloudInitUserData:   param.Opt[string]{Value: sshKeyCloudInit(attrs.PublicKey)}, // encode ssh key to b64-wrapped cloud-init script
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(resp.Data) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no nodes returned")
+	}
+	node := resp.Data[0]
+
+	inst := &v1.Instance{
+		Name:           attrs.Name,
+		RefID:          attrs.RefID,
+		CloudCredRefID: c.refID,
+		CloudID:        v1.CloudProviderInstanceID(node.ID), // SFC ID
+		ImageID:        attrs.ImageID,
+		InstanceType:   attrs.InstanceType,
+		Location:       attrs.Location,
+		CreatedAt:      time.Now(),
+		Status:         v1.Status{LifecycleStatus: mapSFCStatus(fmt.Sprint(node.Status))}, // map SDK status to our lifecycle
+		InstanceTypeID: v1.InstanceTypeID(node.GPUType),
+		SSHPort:        2222, // we use 2222/tcp for all of our SSH ports
+	}
+
+	return inst, nil
+}
+
+func (c *SFCClient) GetInstance(ctx context.Context, id v1.CloudProviderInstanceID) (*v1.Instance, error) {
+	node, err := c.client.Nodes.Get(ctx, string(id))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
+	var vmID string
+	if len(node.VMs.Data) > 0 {
+		vmID = node.VMs.Data[0].ID
+		fmt.Println(vmID)
+	}
+
+	ssh, err := c.client.VMs.SSH(ctx, sfcnodes.VMSSHParams{VMID: vmID})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	inst := &v1.Instance{
+		Name:           node.Name,
+		RefID:          c.refID,
+		CloudCredRefID: c.refID,
+		CloudID:        v1.CloudProviderInstanceID(node.ID), // SFC ID
+		PublicIP:       ssh.SSHHostname,
+		CreatedAt:      time.Unix(node.CreatedAt, 0),
+		Status:         v1.Status{LifecycleStatus: mapSFCStatus(fmt.Sprint(node.Status))}, // map SDK status to our lifecycle
+		InstanceTypeID: v1.InstanceTypeID(node.GPUType),
+	}
+	return inst, nil
+}
+
+func (c *SFCClient) ListInstances(ctx context.Context, args v1.ListInstancesArgs) ([]v1.Instance, error) {
+	resp, err := c.client.Nodes.List(ctx, sfcnodes.NodeListParams{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var instances []v1.Instance
+	for _, node := range resp.Data {
+		inst, err := c.GetInstance(ctx, v1.CloudProviderInstanceID(node.ID))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if inst != nil {
+			instances = append(instances, *inst)
+		}
+	}
+	return instances, nil
+}
+
+func (c *SFCClient) TerminateInstance(ctx context.Context, id v1.CloudProviderInstanceID) error {
+	// release the node first
+	_, errRelease := c.client.Nodes.Release(ctx, string(id))
+	if errRelease != nil {
+		panic(errRelease.Error())
+	}
+	// then delete the node
+	errDelete := c.client.Nodes.Delete(ctx, string(id))
+	if errDelete != nil {
+		panic(errDelete.Error())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Optional if supported:
+func (c *SFCClient) RebootInstance(ctx context.Context, id v1.CloudProviderInstanceID) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
+}
+func (c *SFCClient) StopInstance(ctx context.Context, id v1.CloudProviderInstanceID) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
+}
+func (c *SFCClient) StartInstance(ctx context.Context, id v1.CloudProviderInstanceID) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
+}
+
+// Merge strategies (pass-through is acceptable baseline).
+func (c *SFCClient) MergeInstanceForUpdate(_ v1.Instance, newInst v1.Instance) v1.Instance {
+	return newInst
+}
+func (c *SFCClient) MergeInstanceTypeForUpdate(_ v1.InstanceType, newIt v1.InstanceType) v1.InstanceType {
+	return newIt
+}