diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/cloud-init/cloud-init.yml b/ops/metrics/terraform/cloud-init/cloud-init.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f0dc56a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/cloud-init/cloud-init.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#cloud-config
+
+write_files:
+  # otel config file
+  - path: /etc/otel-collector.yaml
+    encoding: b64
+    owner: root:root
+    permissions: "0600"
+    content: |
+      ${otel_config_file}
+
+  # otel service file
+  - path: /etc/systemd/system/otel.service
+    encoding: b64
+    owner: root:root
+    permissions: "0600"
+    content: |
+      ${otel_service_file}
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/backend.tf b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/backend.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..def62ceda5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/backend.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+terraform {
+  backend "gcs" {
+    bucket = "bacalhau-otel-collector-infra-state"
+    prefix = "terraform"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/main.tf b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f39e7b491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+provider "google" {
+  project = var.gcp_project_id
+  region  = var.gcp_region
+  zone = var.gcp_zone
+}
+
+module "gcp_network" {
+  source = "./modules/network"
+  region = var.gcp_region
+  subnet_cidr = "10.0.0.0/16"
+}
+
+module "otel_collector_instance" {
+  source = "./modules/compute_instances/otelcollector"
+
+  cloud_init_content = ""
+
+  zone                = var.gcp_zone
+  network             = module.gcp_network.vpc_network_name
+  subnetwork          = module.gcp_network.subnetwork_name
+
+  boot_image                    = var.gcp_boot_image
+  otel_collector_instance_type = var.otel_collector_machine_type
+
+  grafana_prometheus_username = var.grafana_prometheus_username
+  grafana_prometheus_password = var.grafana_prometheus_password
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/compute_instances/otelcollector/main.tf b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/compute_instances/otelcollector/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11fa6557c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/compute_instances/otelcollector/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+resource "google_compute_instance" "otel_collector" {
+  name         = "bacalhau-otel-collector"
+  machine_type = var.otel_collector_instance_type
+  zone         = var.zone
+
+  metadata = {
+    startup-script = local.otel_start_script
+    user-data = data.cloudinit_config.otel_collector_cloud_init.rendered
+  }
+
+  boot_disk {
+    initialize_params {
+      image = var.boot_image
+      size = var.boot_size
+    }
+  }
+
+  network_interface {
+    network = var.network
+    subnetwork = var.subnetwork
+    access_config {
+      // TODO here is where we may wish to assign a static IP so this instance can be fronted with DNS
+      // Ephemeral public IP will be assigned
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+locals {
+  //
+  // templating the bacalhau start script
+  //
+  otel_start_script = templatefile("${path.module}/../../../../instance_files/start.sh", {
+    // Add more arguments as needed
+  })
+
+  //
+  // templating otel config file
+  //
+  otel_config_content = templatefile("${path.module}/../../../../instance_files/otel-collector-config.yaml", {
+    grafana_prometheus_username = var.grafana_prometheus_username
+    grafana_prometheus_password = var.grafana_prometheus_password
+  })
+
+  //
+  // templating otel service file
+  //
+  otel_service_content = templatefile("${path.module}/../../../../instance_files/otel.service", {
+    // add more arguments as needed
+  })
+
+}
+
+data "cloudinit_config" "otel_collector_cloud_init" {
+  gzip        = false
+  base64_encode = false
+
+  // provide parameters to cloud-init like files and arguments to scripts in the above part.
+  part {
+    filename     = "cloud-config.yaml"
+    content_type = "text/cloud-config"
+
+    content = templatefile("${path.module}/../../../../cloud-init/cloud-init.yml", {
+      otel_config_file      : base64encode(local.otel_config_content)
+      otel_service_file     : base64encode(local.otel_service_content),
+    })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/compute_instances/otelcollector/outputs.tf b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/compute_instances/otelcollector/outputs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4175f7d4e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/compute_instances/otelcollector/outputs.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+output "otel_collector_public_ips" {
+  value = google_compute_instance.otel_collector.*.network_interface.0.access_config.0.nat_ip
+}
+
+output "otel_collector_private_ips" {
+  value = google_compute_instance.otel_collector.*.network_interface.0.network_ip
+}
+
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/compute_instances/otelcollector/variables.tf b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/compute_instances/otelcollector/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0cfd880044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/compute_instances/otelcollector/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+variable "otel_collector_instance_type" {
+  description = "The instance type for the otel collector"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "zone" {
+  description = "The zone in which to provision instances"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "boot_size" {
+  description = "The size of the boot disk"
+  type        = number
+  default     = 50
+}
+
+variable "boot_image" {
+  description = "The boot image for the instances"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "cloud_init_content" {
+  description = "Content of the cloud-init script"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "network" {
+  description = "The VPC network to attach to the instances"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "subnetwork" {
+  description = "The subnetwork to attach to the instances"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "grafana_prometheus_username" {
+  description = "username for hosted grafana prometheus"
+  type = string
+}
+
+variable "grafana_prometheus_password" {
+  description = "password for hosted grafana prometheus"
+  type = string
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/network/main.tf b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/network/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34378daf94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/network/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+resource "google_compute_network" "vpc_network" {
+  name                    = "${var.region}-bacalhau-otel-vpc-network"
+  auto_create_subnetworks = var.auto_subnets
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_subnetwork" "subnetwork" {
+  name          = "${var.region}-bacalhau-otel-subnetwork"
+  ip_cidr_range = var.subnet_cidr
+  region        = var.region
+  network       = google_compute_network.vpc_network.name
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_address" "otel_collector_ip" {
+  name   = "otel-collector-ip"
+  region = var.region
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_firewall" "google_firewall_egress" {
+  name    = "bacalhau-otel-firewall-egress"
+  network = google_compute_network.vpc_network.name
+
+  direction = "EGRESS"
+
+  allow {
+    protocol = "icmp"
+  }
+
+  allow {
+    protocol = "tcp"
+    ports    = var.egress_tcp_ports
+  }
+
+  source_ranges = var.egress_source_ranges
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_firewall" "bacalhau_protocol_firewall_ingress" {
+  name    = "bacalhau-otel-firewall-ingress"
+  network = google_compute_network.vpc_network.name
+
+  direction = "INGRESS"
+
+  allow {
+    protocol = "icmp"
+  }
+
+  allow {
+    protocol = "tcp"
+    ports    = var.ingress_tcp_ports
+  }
+
+  source_ranges = var.ingress_source_ranges
+}
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/network/outputs.tf b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/network/outputs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91cb7fb2cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/network/outputs.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+output "vpc_network_name" {
+  value = google_compute_network.vpc_network.name
+}
+
+output "subnetwork_name" {
+  value = google_compute_subnetwork.subnetwork.name
+}
+
+output "requester_ip" {
+  value = google_compute_address.otel_collector_ip.address
+}
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/network/variables.tf b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/network/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82042d3160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/modules/network/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+variable "region" {
+  description = "The region to host the network in"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "subnet_cidr" {
+  description = "The CIDR block for the subnet"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "auto_subnets" {
+  description = "When true GCP will automatically create subnetworks"
+  type    = bool
+  default = true
+}
+
+//
+// Egress
+//
+variable "egress_tcp_ports" {
+  description = "List of TCP ports for egress rules"
+  type        = list(string)
+  default     = [
+    // Grafana
+    "443"
+  ]
+}
+
+variable "egress_source_ranges" {
+  description = "Source ranges for egress rules"
+  type        = list(string)
+  default     = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
+}
+
+//
+// Ingress
+//
+variable "ingress_tcp_ports" {
+  description = "List of TCP ports for ingress rules"
+  type        = list(string)
+  default     = [
+    // SSH
+    "22",
+    // OpenTelemetry collector
+    "4318"
+  ]
+}
+
+variable "ingress_source_ranges" {
+  description = "Source ranges for ingress rules"
+  type        = list(string)
+  default     = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
+}
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/outputs.tf b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/outputs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff9b306a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/outputs.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+output "otel_collector_public_ip" {
+  value = module.otel_collector_instance.otel_collector_public_ips
+}
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/variables.tf b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c997be0f9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+variable "gcp_project_id" {
+  description = "GCP Project ID"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "gcp_region" {
+  description = "GCP Region"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "gcp_zone" {
+  description = "GCP Zone"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "gcp_boot_image" {
+  description = "Boot image for GCP instances"
+  type        = string
+  default = "projects/ubuntu-os-cloud/global/images/family/ubuntu-2304-amd64"
+}
+
+variable "otel_collector_machine_type" {
+  description = "Machine type for collector instances"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "grafana_prometheus_username" {
+  description = "username for hosted grafana prometheus"
+  type = string
+}
+
+variable "grafana_prometheus_password" {
+  description = "password for hosted grafana prometheus"
+  type = string
+}
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/vars.tfvars b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/vars.tfvars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bba94ee9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/gcp/vars.tfvars
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+gcp_project_id = "forrest-dev-407420"
+gcp_region = "us-west1"
+gcp_zone = "us-west1-b"
+gcp_boot_image = "projects/forrest-dev-407420/global/images/bacalhau-ubuntu-2004-lts-test"
+otel_collector_machine_type = "e2-standard-4"
+grafana_prometheus_username = ""
+grafana_prometheus_password = ""
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/instance_files/otel-collector-config.yaml b/ops/metrics/terraform/instance_files/otel-collector-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fd63ff9ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/instance_files/otel-collector-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+extensions:
+  basicauth/prometheus:
+    client_auth:
+      username: ${grafana_prometheus_username}
+      password: ${grafana_prometheus_password}
+
+receivers:
+  otlp:
+    protocols:
+      http:
+        endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4318"
+
+exporters:
+  logging:
+    loglevel: debug
+  prometheusremotewrite:
+    endpoint: https://prometheus-us-central1.grafana.net/api/prom/push
+    auth:
+      authenticator: basicauth/prometheus
+    resource_to_telemetry_conversion:
+      enabled: true
+
+processors:
+  batch:
+  memory_limiter:
+    check_interval: 5s
+    limit_mib: 4000
+    spike_limit_mib: 500
+  resource:
+    attributes:
+      - key: service.collector
+        value: bacalhau-otel-collector
+        action: insert
+  attributes/metrics:
+    actions:
+      - pattern: net\.sock.+
+        action: delete
+
+service:
+  extensions: [basicauth/prometheus]
+  pipelines:
+    metrics:
+      receivers: [otlp]
+      processors: [memory_limiter, resource, attributes/metrics, batch]
+      exporters: [prometheusremotewrite, logging]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/instance_files/otel.service b/ops/metrics/terraform/instance_files/otel.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2679ca616c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/instance_files/otel.service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=otel collector
+Documentation=https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+User=root
+Group=root
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/otelcol --config=/etc/otel-collector.yaml
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/ops/metrics/terraform/instance_files/start.sh b/ops/metrics/terraform/instance_files/start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adffec5c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/metrics/terraform/instance_files/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+function install-otel-collector() {
+    wget "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/download/v0.92.0/otelcol-contrib_0.92.0_linux_386.tar.gz"
+    tar xvf "otelcol-contrib_0.92.0_linux_386.tar.gz"
+    sudo mv otelcol-contrib /usr/local/bin/otelcol
+}
+
+# reload service files and enable services
+function setup-services() {
+  echo "Loading systemctl services..."
+  sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+  echo "Enabling systemctl services..."
+  sudo systemctl enable otel.service
+}
+
+# start services
+function start-services() {
+  echo "Starting systemctl services..."
+  sudo systemctl restart otel.service
+}
+
+# setup and start everything
+function start() {
+  echo "Starting..."
+  # TODO move this into the VMI, maybe?
+  install-otel-collector
+  setup-services
+  start-services
+}
+
+start &> /var/log/startup-script.log
diff --git a/ops/tf/main.tf b/ops/tf/main.tf
index 6bda588c02..b27cb9baaa 100644
--- a/ops/tf/main.tf
+++ b/ops/tf/main.tf
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ module "requester_instance" {
   aws_secret_access_key = var.aws_secret_access_key
   bacalhau_accept_networked_jobs = var.bacalhau_accept_networked_jobs
   bacalhau_repo_disk_size = var.bacalhau_repo_disk_size
+  bacalhau_otel_collector_endpoint = var.bacalhau_otel_collector_endpoint
 }
 
 module "compute_instance" {
@@ -51,4 +52,5 @@ module "compute_instance" {
   bacalhau_accept_networked_jobs = var.bacalhau_accept_networked_jobs
   bacalhau_repo_disk_size = var.bacalhau_repo_disk_size
   bacalhau_local_disk_size = var.bacalhau_local_disk_size
+  bacalhau_otel_collector_endpoint = var.bacalhau_otel_collector_endpoint
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/compute/main.tf b/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/compute/main.tf
index 9940e9678c..14370dfe55 100644
--- a/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/compute/main.tf
+++ b/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/compute/main.tf
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ locals {
   // templating otel config file
   //
   otel_config_content = templatefile("${path.module}/../../../instance_files/otel-collector.yaml", {
+    bacalhau_otel_collector_endpoint = var.bacalhau_otel_collector_endpoint
     // add more arguments as needed
   })
 
diff --git a/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/compute/variables.tf b/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/compute/variables.tf
index 6b4f1777b7..857b369eab 100644
--- a/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/compute/variables.tf
+++ b/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/compute/variables.tf
@@ -69,3 +69,9 @@ variable "bacalhau_local_disk_size" {
   description = "The size of the disk in GB bacalhau will to store local data"
   type        = number
 }
+
+
+variable "bacalhau_otel_collector_endpoint" {
+  description = "The opentelemetry collector endpoint to send metrics to"
+  type = string
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/requester/main.tf b/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/requester/main.tf
index 48238fd66a..e592ec02ba 100644
--- a/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/requester/main.tf
+++ b/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/requester/main.tf
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ locals {
   // templating otel config file
   //
   otel_config_content = templatefile("${path.module}/../../../instance_files/otel-collector.yaml", {
-    // add more arguments as needed
+    bacalhau_otel_collector_endpoint = var.bacalhau_otel_collector_endpoint
   })
 
   //
diff --git a/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/requester/variables.tf b/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/requester/variables.tf
index 954d9d5ad4..f34bebe8e9 100644
--- a/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/requester/variables.tf
+++ b/ops/tf/modules/gcp/compute_instances/requester/variables.tf
@@ -59,3 +59,8 @@ variable "bacalhau_repo_disk_size" {
   description = "The size of the disk in GB bacalhau will to store its repo"
   type        = number
 }
+
+variable "bacalhau_otel_collector_endpoint" {
+  description = "The opentelemetry collector endpoint to send metrics to"
+  type = string
+}
diff --git a/ops/tf/modules/instance_files/otel-collector.yaml b/ops/tf/modules/instance_files/otel-collector.yaml
index 462cfa3568..a829504f6f 100644
--- a/ops/tf/modules/instance_files/otel-collector.yaml
+++ b/ops/tf/modules/instance_files/otel-collector.yaml
@@ -48,14 +48,19 @@ processors:
 exporters:
   logging:
     loglevel: debug
+  otlphttp:
+    endpoint: ${bacalhau_otel_collector_endpoint}
+    tls:
+      insecure: true
+      insecure_skip_verify: true
 
 service:
   pipelines:
     traces:
       receivers: [otlp]
       processors: [memory_limiter, resourcedetection/gcp, resource, attributes/metrics, batch]
-      exporters: [logging]
+      exporters: [logging, otlphttp]
     metrics:
       receivers: [otlp, hostmetrics]
       processors: [memory_limiter, resourcedetection/gcp, resource, attributes/metrics, batch]
-      exporters: [logging]
\ No newline at end of file
+      exporters: [logging, otlphttp]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ops/tf/variables.tf b/ops/tf/variables.tf
index 5e2dc02405..d904c2c40e 100644
--- a/ops/tf/variables.tf
+++ b/ops/tf/variables.tf
@@ -60,3 +60,8 @@ variable "bacalhau_local_disk_size" {
   type        = number
   default = 50
 }
+
+variable "bacalhau_otel_collector_endpoint" {
+  description = "The opentelemetry collector endpoint to send metrics to"
+  type = string
+}
diff --git a/ops/tf/vars.tfvars b/ops/tf/vars.tfvars
index a8e0c63347..19802e158c 100644
--- a/ops/tf/vars.tfvars
+++ b/ops/tf/vars.tfvars
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ aws_access_key_id = ""
 aws_secret_access_key = ""
 
 bacalhau_accept_networked_jobs = true
+
+bacalhau_otel_collector_endpoint = ""
\ No newline at end of file