diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/performance.yaml b/ansible/playbooks/performance.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d00d90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/performance.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+- name: Configure performance tuning
+  hosts: all
+  become: true
+  roles:
+    - giovtorres.tuned
+    - irqbalance
diff --git a/ansible/roles/irqbalance/tasks/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/irqbalance/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba9e6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/irqbalance/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+- name: Install irqbalance
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name: irqbalance
+    state: present
+
+- name: Ensure irqbalance service
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: irqbalance
+    state: started
+    enabled: true
diff --git a/ansible/site.yaml b/ansible/site.yaml
index 9b8602a..ab6c49e 100644
--- a/ansible/site.yaml
+++ b/ansible/site.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- name: Apply power and performance settings
+  ansible.builtin.import_playbook: playbooks/performance.yaml
+
 - name: Baseline configuration
   hosts: all
   become: true
@@ -5,10 +8,6 @@
     - common
     - kubernetes_common
 
-# ========================
-# Setup Kubernetes Cluster
-# ========================
-
 - name: Initialise Kubernetes Cluster
   hosts: masters
   become: true