diff --git a/nodepool/nl03.opendev.org.yaml b/nodepool/nl03.opendev.org.yaml
index 967a522ca7..fbfd7fae29 100644
--- a/nodepool/nl03.opendev.org.yaml
+++ b/nodepool/nl03.opendev.org.yaml
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ providers:
       - name: main
         # Network assignment is 147.28.149.96/27, one host is the
         # mirror node.
-        # Temporarily lowered from 28 to 16 due to "no valid host" errors
-        max-servers: 16
+        # Set to zero in preparation for cloud shutdown
+        max-servers: 0
         labels:
           - name: centos-9-stream-arm64
             flavor-name: 'opendev'