diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/openqa-a64-worker04.iad2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/openqa-a64-worker04.iad2.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..221140f223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/openqa-a64-worker04.iad2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+---
+datacenter: iad2
+dns1: 10.3.163.33
+dns2: 10.3.163.34
+dns_search1: "iad2.fedoraproject.org"
+dns_search2: "fedoraproject.org"
+eth0_mac: "{{ mac1 }}"
+eth1_mac: "{{ mac2 }}"
+eth2_mac: "{{ mac3 }}"
+eth3_mac: "{{ mac4 }}"
+eth2_ipv4: 10.3.174.64
+eth2_ipv4_gw: 10.3.174.254
+eth2_ipv4_nm: 24
+eth2_mac: "{{ mac2 }}"
+freezes: false
+# eth0 is disabled/nothing
+# eth1 is active network
+# eth2 is disabled/nothing
+
+has_ipv4: yes
+mac1: d8:5e:d3:8b:73:d6
+mac2: d8:5e:d3:8b:73:d7
+mac3: 0c:42:a1:5a:08:b0
+mac4: 0c:42:a1:5a:08:b1
+network_connections:
+  - autoconnect: no
+    mac: "{{ eth0_mac }}"
+    name: eth0
+    state: down
+    type: ethernet
+  - autoconnect: no
+    mac: "{{ eth1_mac }}"
+    name: eth1
+    state: down
+    type: ethernet
+  - autoconnect: yes
+    ip:
+      address:
+        - "{{ eth2_ipv4 }}/{{ eth2_ipv4_nm }}"
+      dhcp4: no
+      dns:
+        - "{{ dns1 }}"
+        - "{{ dns2 }}"
+      dns_search:
+        - "{{ dns_search1 }}"
+        - "{{ dns_search2 }}"
+      gateway4: "{{ eth2_ipv4_gw }}"
+    mac: "{{ eth2_mac }}"
+    name: eth2
+    state: up
+    type: ethernet
+  - autoconnect: no
+    mac: "{{ eth3_mac }}"
+    name: eth3
+    state: down
+    type: ethernet
+nrpe_procs_crit: 300
+nrpe_procs_warn: 250
+# has an HW RNG, so let's have rngd
+openqa_rngd: true
+openqa_tap_iface: eth2
+# this is a powerful machine, can handle more openQA workers
+openqa_workers: 35
+sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/qavirt-sudoers"
+# firewall ports for server->worker websockets connections
+# this port is 'QEMUPORT plus 1'
+# QEMUPORT is:
+# $ENV{QEMUPORT} = ($options{instance}) * 10 + 20002;
+# so for worker 1 it's 20012, for worker 2 it's 20022, etc etc
+tcp_ports: ['20013', '20023', '20033', '20043', '20053', '20063', '20073', '20083', '20093', '20103', '20113', '20123', '20133', '20143', '20153', '20163', '20173', '20183', '20193', '20203', '20213', '20223', '20233', '20243', '20253', '20263', '20273', '20283', '20293', '20303', '20313', '20323', '20333', '20343', '20353']
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index 533ad07726..a55719ea95 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -453,7 +453,9 @@ openqa-x86-worker02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 # swapped from lab as 03 is kinda poorly
 # xeon e5-2683v4 (third best)
 openqa-x86-worker06.iad2.fedoraproject.org
-openqa-a64-worker02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+# 2023 newer, more powerful box
+openqa-a64-worker04.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+# old, busted emag
 openqa-a64-worker03.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 
 # openqa-lab and openqa-lab-workers are pseudo-stg, see group_vars/openqa-stg for more details
@@ -461,7 +463,9 @@ openqa-a64-worker03.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 openqa-lab01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 
 [openqa_lab_workers]
+# old, busted emags
 openqa-a64-worker01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+openqa-a64-worker02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 openqa-p09-worker01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 openqa-p09-worker02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 # xeon gold 6130 (second best)
@@ -481,9 +485,10 @@ openqa-x86-worker03.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 [openqa_tap1_workers]
 # prod
 openqa-x86-worker01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
-openqa-a64-worker02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+openqa-a64-worker04.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 # lab
 openqa-x86-worker04.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+openqa-a64-worker01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 openqa-p09-worker01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 [openqa_tap2_workers]
 # prod
@@ -491,12 +496,13 @@ openqa-x86-worker02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 openqa-a64-worker03.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 # lab
 openqa-x86-worker05.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+openqa-a64-worker02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 openqa-p09-worker02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 # these do both tap and tap2 - because we only have one aarch64 worker
 # for lab, it has to handle all tap jobs
 [openqa_tap12_workers]
 # lab
-openqa-a64-worker01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+#openqa-a64-worker01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 
 # the workers that run createhdds to create the base disk images. Again,
 # only one per arch per instance should be present.