diff --git a/pkg/controller/infrastructure/actuator_delete.go b/pkg/controller/infrastructure/actuator_delete.go
index 7c00a158..e967c0dc 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/infrastructure/actuator_delete.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/infrastructure/actuator_delete.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package infrastructure
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
 
 	"github.com/23technologies/gardener-extension-provider-ionos/pkg/controller/infrastructure/ensurer"
 	"github.com/23technologies/gardener-extension-provider-ionos/pkg/ionos/apis/transcoder"
@@ -58,6 +59,29 @@ func (a *actuator) delete(ctx context.Context, infra *extensionsv1alpha1.Infrast
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
+		labels, _, err := client.LabelApi.DatacentersLabelsGet(ctx, infraStatus.DatacenterID).Depth(1).Execute()
+		if nil != err {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for _, label := range *labels.Items {
+			if nil != label.Properties && "cluster" == *label.Properties.Key {
+				clusterValue, err := hex.DecodeString(*label.Properties.Value)
+				if nil != err {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				if infra.Namespace == string(clusterValue) {
+					err = ensurer.EnsureDatacenterDeleted(ctx, client, infraStatus.DatacenterID)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	return a.updateProviderStatus(ctx, infra, nil)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/infrastructure/ensurer/datacenter.go b/pkg/controller/infrastructure/ensurer/datacenter.go
index dc8ff93d..4acdc467 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/infrastructure/ensurer/datacenter.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/infrastructure/ensurer/datacenter.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package ensurer
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -60,6 +61,11 @@ func EnsureDatacenter(ctx context.Context, client *ionossdk.APIClient, zone, nam
 		return "", err
 	}
 
+	err = ionosapiwrapper.AddLabelToDatacenter(ctx, client, datacenterID, "cluster", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(namespace)))
+	if nil != err {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
 	return datacenterID, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/ionos/apis/mock/infrastructure.go b/pkg/ionos/apis/mock/infrastructure.go
index 011bd78d..af280b69 100644
--- a/pkg/ionos/apis/mock/infrastructure.go
+++ b/pkg/ionos/apis/mock/infrastructure.go
@@ -450,6 +450,38 @@ func SetupTestDatacenterEndpointOnMux(mux *http.ServeMux) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	mux.HandleFunc(fmt.Sprintf("%s/labels", baseURL), func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		res.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+
+		if (strings.ToLower(req.Method) == "get") {
+			res.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			res.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(`
+{
+"id": %q,
+"type": "collection",
+"href": "",
+"items": [ ]
+}
+			`, uuid.NewString())))
+		} else if (strings.ToLower(req.Method) == "post") {
+			res.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
+
+			jsonData := make([]byte, req.ContentLength)
+			req.Body.Read(jsonData)
+
+			var data map[string]interface{}
+
+			jsonErr := json.Unmarshal(jsonData, &data)
+			if jsonErr != nil {
+				panic(jsonErr)
+			}
+
+			res.Write([]byte(jsonData))
+		} else {
+			panic("Unsupported HTTP method call")
+		}
+	})
+
 	mux.HandleFunc(fmt.Sprintf("%s/lans", baseURL), func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		res.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")