# (Optional) Create a placement group
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We recommended you launch all instances that use EFA in a cluster placement group to minimize the physical distance between them. Create a placement group for each compute node group where you plan to use EFA. See [Placement groups for EC2 instances in AWS PCS](working-with_networking_placement-groups.md) to create a placement group for your compute node group.