diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr_aws b/inventory/group_vars/copr_aws
index 074d42ee78..986df042e4 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr_aws
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr_aws
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ builders:
   ibm_cloud_tokyo:
     # tokyo is evacuated
     s390x: [0, 6, 6]
+  ibm_cloud_spaulo:
+    s390x: [0, 0, 0]
 copr_aws_region: us-east-1
 # don't forget to update ip in ./copr-keygen, due to custom firewall rules
 
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev_aws b/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev_aws
index 840bd1031d..77e2cc5780 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev_aws
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev_aws
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ builders:
   ibm_cloud_tokyo:
     # tokyo is evacuated
     s390x: [0, 0, 0]
+  ibm_cloud_spaulo:
+    s390x: [1, 0, 0]
 copr_aws_region: us-east-1
 # don't forget to update ip in ./copr-keygen-stg, due to custom firewall rules
 
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ copr_builder_images:
       tokyo: r022-3bca519e-3cc7-432e-9280-8ff89738e3a5
       # n-1: us_east: r014-1469fafc-d906-44fa-b780-e4599ed56fde
       us_east: r014-9ba4feec-ce45-4401-acea-f123114685b5
+      sao: r042-5e105a96-4a84-4c07-950b-9fd12d58c8a2
   osuosl:
     # ppc64le: copr-builder-ppc64le-20240206_143009
     ppc64le: copr-builder-ppc64le-20241119_171239
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/ibm-cloud-vm.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/ibm-cloud-vm.j2
index 50320ad260..ed2c90d754 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/ibm-cloud-vm.j2
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/ibm-cloud-vm.j2
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ case $RESALLOC_NAME in
         subnets_ids="jp-tok-1:02e7-84755ffa-97bb-4067-b618-24c788c901cb jp-tok-2:02f7-98674f68-aae1-4ea1-a889-5a0b7a07f4b8 jp-tok-3:02g7-6d92562d-b868-411f-a962-99271d609ba6"
         zone=jp-tok
         ;;
+    *s390x*sao*)
+        vpc_id=r042-c902f12d-556f-4334-95cb-d181ebb3d8ba
+        security_group_id=r042-22ef3881-fa20-4caa-9873-c8dc41c5dcb7
+        ssh_key_id=r042-4fb65a23-e7bd-440f-8d71-ff57b83a4152
+        instance_type=mz2-2x16
+        additional_volume_size=160
+        image_uuid="{{ copr_builder_images.ibm_cloud.s390x.sao }}"
+        subnets_ids="br-sao-1:02t7-1c0b186a-ca5e-44ea-bf2c-ca2f3122a9ff br-sao-2:02u7-75fa6c55-b65a-4d38-a011-15559c7171ce br-sao-3:02v7-439195e6-2df0-4720-9696-76d0a63c352d"
+        zone=br-sao
+        ;;
     *s390x*us_east*)
         vpc_id=r014-e90f14b0-a9c0-4c0b-bc81-207904b2d19e
         security_group_id=r014-941706bd-062c-4d4c-9512-9a31b8f257d7
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml
index 1bf5227d06..9743cd813b 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml
@@ -253,6 +253,33 @@ copr_ic_s390x_{{ t + '_' if t or '' }}us_east_{% if devel %}dev{% else %}prod{%
 
 {% endfor %}
 
+copr_ic_s390x_br_sao_{% if devel %}dev{% else %}prod{% endif %}:
+  max: {{ builders.ibm_cloud_spaulo.s390x[0] }}
+{% if not devel %}
+  max_prealloc: 0 # {{ builders.ibm_cloud_us_east.s390x[1] }}
+{% endif %}
+  max_starting: {{ builders.ibm_cloud_us_east.s390x[2] }}
+  tags:
+    - copr_builder
+    - name: arch_noarch
+      priority: -30
+    - ibm_cloud
+    - us_east
+{% if devel %}
+  tags_on_demand:
+{% endif %}
+    - name: arch_s390x_native
+    - name: arch_s390x
+  cmd_new: '/var/lib/resallocserver/resalloc_provision/ibm-cloud-vm create "$RESALLOC_NAME"'
+  cmd_delete: "/var/lib/resallocserver/resalloc_provision/vm-delete"
+  cmd_livecheck: "resalloc-check-vm-ip"
+  cmd_release: "/var/lib/resallocserver/resalloc_provision/vm-release"
+  cmd_list: "/var/lib/resallocserver/resalloc_provision/ibm-cloud-list-vms"
+  livecheck_period: 180
+  reuse_opportunity_time: 45
+  reuse_max_count: 8
+  reuse_max_time: 1800
+
 # Power9 VMs in openpower-controller.osuosl.org
 copr_osuosl_p09_{% if devel %}dev{% else %}prod{% endif %}:
 {% if devel %}