diff --git a/charms/openstack-hypervisor/config.yaml b/charms/openstack-hypervisor/config.yaml
index 73499ef5..e54b5581 100644
--- a/charms/openstack-hypervisor/config.yaml
+++ b/charms/openstack-hypervisor/config.yaml
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ options:
   use-migration-binding:
     default: False
     type: boolean
+  use-data-binding:
+    default: False
+    type: boolean
diff --git a/charms/openstack-hypervisor/metadata.yaml b/charms/openstack-hypervisor/metadata.yaml
index d49dd20d..a7c27098 100644
--- a/charms/openstack-hypervisor/metadata.yaml
+++ b/charms/openstack-hypervisor/metadata.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ provides:
 
 extra-bindings:
   migration:
+  data: # this binding will be used to support project networking between hypervisors
 
 # This charm has no peer relation by design. This charm needs to scale to
 # hundreds of units and this is limited by the peer relation.
diff --git a/charms/openstack-hypervisor/src/charm.py b/charms/openstack-hypervisor/src/charm.py
index faf9d1d8..c2a385b2 100755
--- a/charms/openstack-hypervisor/src/charm.py
+++ b/charms/openstack-hypervisor/src/charm.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ from utils import (
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 MIGRATION_BINDING = "migration"
+DATA_BINDING = "data"
 MTLS_USAGES = {x509.OID_SERVER_AUTH, x509.OID_CLIENT_AUTH}
 
 
@@ -213,6 +214,20 @@ class HypervisorOperatorCharm(sunbeam_charm.OSBaseOperatorCharm):
             return None
         return str(address)
 
+    @property
+    def data_address(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Get address from data binding."""
+        use_binding = self.model.config.get("use-data-binding")
+        if not use_binding:
+            return None
+        binding = self.model.get_binding(DATA_BINDING)
+        if binding is None:
+            return None
+        address = binding.network.bind_address
+        if address is None:
+            return None
+        return str(address)
+
     def check_relation_exists(self, relation_name: str) -> bool:
         """Check if a relation exists or not."""
         if self.model.get_relation(relation_name):
@@ -418,7 +433,9 @@ class HypervisorOperatorCharm(sunbeam_charm.OSBaseOperatorCharm):
                     "external-bridge-address"
                 )
                 or "10.20.20.1/24",
-                "network.ip-address": config("ip-address") or local_ip,
+                "network.ip-address": self.data_address
+                or config("ip-address")
+                or local_ip,
                 "network.ovn-key": base64.b64encode(
                     contexts.certificates.key.encode()
                 ).decode(),