diff --git a/perfkitbenchmarker/data/container/kubernetes_ai_inference/aws-gpu-nodepool.yaml.j2 b/perfkitbenchmarker/data/container/kubernetes_ai_inference/aws-gpu-nodepool.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f0fc870ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perfkitbenchmarker/data/container/kubernetes_ai_inference/aws-gpu-nodepool.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+apiVersion: karpenter.sh/v1
+kind: NodePool
+metadata:
+  name: {{ gpu_nodepool_name | default('gpu') }}
+spec:
+  disruption:
+    consolidateAfter: {{ gpu_consolidate_after | default('1h') }}
+    consolidationPolicy: {{ gpu_consolidation_policy | default('WhenEmpty') }}
+  template:
+    spec:
+      nodeClassRef:
+        group: eks.amazonaws.com
+        kind: NodeClass
+        name: {{ karpenter_nodeclass_name | default('default') }}
+      requirements:
+        - key: karpenter.sh/capacity-type
+          operator: In
+          values: {{ gpu_capacity_types | default(['on-demand']) }}
+        - key: kubernetes.io/arch
+          operator: In
+          values: {{ gpu_arch | default(['amd64']) }}
+        - key: eks.amazonaws.com/instance-family
+          operator: In
+          values: {{ gpu_instance_families | default(['g6','g6e']) }}
+      taints:
+        - key: {{ gpu_taint_key | default('nvidia.com/gpu') }}
+          effect: NoSchedule
diff --git a/perfkitbenchmarker/data/container/kubernetes_ai_inference/serving_catalog_cli.yaml.j2 b/perfkitbenchmarker/data/container/kubernetes_ai_inference/serving_catalog_cli.yaml.j2
index d69469b791..f8c185bf3e 100644
--- a/perfkitbenchmarker/data/container/kubernetes_ai_inference/serving_catalog_cli.yaml.j2
+++ b/perfkitbenchmarker/data/container/kubernetes_ai_inference/serving_catalog_cli.yaml.j2
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ spec:
             value: {{generate_args}}
           - name: OUTPUT_FILE
             value: /output/output.yaml
+          - name: WG_SERVING_REPO_URL
+            value: "{{ wg_serving_repo_url }}"
+          - name: WG_SERVING_REPO_BRANCH
+            value: "{{ wg_serving_repo_branch }}"
         volumeMounts:
         - name: output
           mountPath: /output
diff --git a/perfkitbenchmarker/resources/kubernetes/wg_serving_inference_server.py b/perfkitbenchmarker/resources/kubernetes/wg_serving_inference_server.py
index 8f42cebca7..8a4f634747 100644
--- a/perfkitbenchmarker/resources/kubernetes/wg_serving_inference_server.py
+++ b/perfkitbenchmarker/resources/kubernetes/wg_serving_inference_server.py
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@
     'The GCS bucket that has model data for inference server to use.',
 )
 
+WG_SERVING_REPO_URL = flags.DEFINE_string(
+    'wg_serving_repo_url',
+    'https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/wg-serving',
+    'URL of the WG Serving repository.',
+)
+
+WG_SERVING_REPO_BRANCH = flags.DEFINE_string(
+    'wg_serving_repo_branch',
+    'main',
+    'Branch of the WG Serving repository.',
+)
+
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class PodStartupMetrics:
@@ -569,6 +581,19 @@ def _InjectDefaultHuggingfaceToken(self) -> None:
 
   def _GetInferenceServerManifest(self) -> str:
     """Generates and retrieves the inference server manifest content."""
+    # Ensure GPU capacity exists before scheduling GPU workloads
+    if FLAGS.cloud == 'AWS':
+        self.cluster.ApplyManifest(
+            'container/kubernetes_ai_inference/aws-gpu-nodepool.yaml.j2',
+            gpu_nodepool_name='gpu',
+            gpu_consolidate_after='1h',
+            gpu_consolidation_policy='WhenEmpty',
+            karpenter_nodeclass_name='default',   # must exist already
+            gpu_capacity_types=['on-demand'],
+            gpu_arch=['amd64'],
+            gpu_instance_families=['g6','g6e'],
+            gpu_taint_key='nvidia.com/gpu',
+        )
     generate_args = {
         'kind': 'core/deployment',
         'model-server': self.spec.model_server,
@@ -581,6 +606,8 @@ def _GetInferenceServerManifest(self) -> str:
         self.cluster.ApplyManifest(
             'container/kubernetes_ai_inference/serving_catalog_cli.yaml.j2',
             image_repo=FLAG_IMAGE_REPO.value,
+            wg_serving_repo_url=WG_SERVING_REPO_URL.value,
+            wg_serving_repo_branch=WG_SERVING_REPO_BRANCH.value,
             generate_args=' '.join(
                 [f'--{k} {v}' for k, v in generate_args.items()]
             ),