diff --git a/swh/templates/loaders/deployment.yaml b/swh/templates/loaders/deployment.yaml
--- a/swh/templates/loaders/deployment.yaml
+++ b/swh/templates/loaders/deployment.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 {{- $image_version_key := ( print $image_name_key "_version" ) -}}
 {{- $container_image := get $.Values $image_name_key }}
 {{- $container_image_version := get $.Values $image_version_key }}
+{{- $loader_affinity := get $deployment_config "affinity" | default $.Values.loaders.affinity }}
 ---
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
@@ -37,9 +38,9 @@
         # Force a rollout upgrade if the configuration changes
         checksum/config: {{ $configurationChecksum | sha256sum }}
     spec:
-      {{- if $.Values.loaders.affinity }}
+      {{- if $loader_affinity }}
       affinity:
-        {{ toYaml $.Values.loaders.affinity | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- toYaml $loader_affinity | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 3600
       initContainers:
diff --git a/swh/values/production.yaml b/swh/values/production.yaml
--- a/swh/values/production.yaml
+++ b/swh/values/production.yaml
@@ -37,4 +37,28 @@
         queueThreshold: 1
         maxReplicaCount: 5
       sentrySwhPackage: swh.loader.git
+    large-repository:
+      image: swh_loader_git_image
+      requestedMemory: 1024Mi
+      requestedCpu: 800m
+      queues:
+        - oneshot:swh.loader.git.tasks.UpdateGitRepository
+        - oneshot2:swh.loader.git.tasks.UpdateGitRepository
+      autoScaling:
+        queueThreshold: 1
+        maxReplicaCount: 2
+      sentrySwhPackage: swh.loader.git
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+            - matchExpressions:
+              - key: "swh/loader"
+                operator: In
+                values:
+                - "true"
+              - key: "swh/large-scratch-fs"
+                operator: In
+                values:
+                - "true"