diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index f3dfd552..b11cd099 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
           "milkyway"
           "neptune"
           "phobos"
+          "polaris"
           "proteus"
           "terra"
           "titan"
diff --git a/hosts/README.md b/hosts/README.md
index 99a1c41d..ee08d2c1 100644
--- a/hosts/README.md
+++ b/hosts/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ This is an experimental nixos install inside a VM.
 
 This is my personal M2 Max Macbook, running MacOS and using nix-darwin and home-manager to manage things.
 
+### [polaris/](./polaris)
+
+This is a _large_ bare-metal nixos server with dual rtx a6000s!
+
 ### [styx/](./styx)
 
 This is a M2 Ultra Mac Studio server
diff --git a/hosts/constants.nix b/hosts/constants.nix
index 5a20af0c..06d8add7 100644
--- a/hosts/constants.nix
+++ b/hosts/constants.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ let
     charon = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIIQf/+Cw19PwfLGRs7VyJR9rqwglDG/ZwBbwJY1Aagxo jacobi@charon";
     mars = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIBMW7fOdfDeI+9TwYHPUzApYDlNFOfLkl9NC06Du23mP jacobi@mars";
     phobos = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAID7CSn6s/Wuxa2sC4NXCIXGvX3oz8BN1vsyaZGd3wJED jacobi@phobos";
+    polaris = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIKkq80OeQLD7QBlE81EYUC+ZOgNZT1+Vc8oGP6y3mTFm jacobi@polaris";
     luna = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAINOoY9vE2hPcBtoI/sE9pmk4ocO+QWZv2lvtxcPs9oha jacobi@luna";
     milkyway = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAII2VPpmvMVt+5LHJfgmsTSdWy5SIM2gBvgpyuT3iMt1a jacobi@milkyway";
     terra = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIFWWDYzXHtB3hd/5sWeg+kz+COGxCEWalspwCNnZNOZz jacobi@terra";
diff --git a/hosts/polaris/README.md b/hosts/polaris/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5c209bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/polaris/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# polaris
+
+This is a _large_ bare-metal nixos server with dual rtx a6000s!
+
+## bootstrap
+
+```bash
+# load nixos iso
+# nixos-up
+sudo nix-shell https://nix.cobi.dev/os-up
+
+# generate ssh key, add to github
+ssh-keygen -o -a 100 -t ed25519 -C "jacobi@polaris"
+
+# clone repo
+nix-shell -p git
+git clone git@github.com:jpetrucciani/nix.git ~/cfg
+cd ~/cfg
+
+# initial switch. after this, you can use just `hms` to update!
+$(nix build --no-link --print-out-paths --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes ~/cfg#hmx.polaris)/bin/switch
+```
+
+---
+
+## In this directory
+
+### [configuration.nix](./configuration.nix)
+
+This file defines the OS configuration for the `polaris` machine.
+
+### [hardware-configuration.nix](./hardware-configuration.nix)
+
+This is an auto-generated file by [nixos-up](https://github.com/samuela/nixos-up) that configures disks and other plugins for nixos.
diff --git a/hosts/polaris/configuration.nix b/hosts/polaris/configuration.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aaae972f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/polaris/configuration.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+{ config, flake, machine-name, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (flake.inputs) nixos-hardware;
+  hostname = "polaris";
+  common = import ../common.nix { inherit config flake machine-name pkgs; };
+in
+{
+  imports = [
+    "${common.home-manager}/nixos"
+    ./hardware-configuration.nix
+  ] ++ (with nixos-hardware.nixosModules; [
+    common-pc
+    common-pc-ssd
+  ]);
+
+  inherit (common) zramSwap swapDevices;
+
+  nix = common.nix-cuda // {
+    nixPath = [
+      "nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos"
+      "nixos-config=/home/jacobi/cfg/hosts/${hostname}/configuration.nix"
+      "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels"
+    ];
+  };
+
+  home-manager.users.jacobi = common.jacobi;
+
+  boot = {
+    loader = {
+      systemd-boot.enable = true;
+      efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
+    };
+    kernel.sysctl = { } // common.sysctl_opts;
+    tmp.useTmpfs = true;
+  };
+
+  environment = {
+    variables = {
+      NIX_HOST = hostname;
+      NIXOS_CONFIG = "/home/jacobi/cfg/hosts/${hostname}/configuration.nix";
+    };
+    systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+      cudaPackages.cudatoolkit
+      cudaPackages.cudnn
+      nvidia-docker
+      nvtopPackages.nvidia
+      linuxPackages.nvidia_x11
+    ];
+  };
+
+  time.timeZone = common.timeZone;
+
+  networking = {
+    hostName = hostname;
+    useDHCP = true;
+    interfaces.enp4s0f2.useDHCP = true;
+    firewall.enable = false;
+  };
+
+  users = {
+    mutableUsers = false;
+    users = {
+      root.hashedPassword = "!";
+      jacobi = {
+        inherit (common) extraGroups;
+        isNormalUser = true;
+        hashedPasswordFile = "/etc/passwordFile-jacobi";
+        openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = with common.pubkeys; usual;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  services = {
+    xserver.videoDrivers = [ "nvidia" ];
+  } // common.services;
+
+  system.stateVersion = "24.05";
+  security.sudo = common.security.sudo;
+  programs = {
+    command-not-found.enable = false;
+    nix-ld.enable = true;
+  };
+
+  virtualisation.docker.enable = true;
+  hardware = {
+    nvidia = {
+      open = false;
+      package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable;
+    };
+    nvidia-container-toolkit.enable = true;
+    graphics = {
+      enable = true;
+      enable32Bit = true;
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/hosts/polaris/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/polaris/hardware-configuration.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0586c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/polaris/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports =
+    [
+      (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
+    ];
+
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "ahci" "xhci_pci" "nvme" "usbhid" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" "sr_mod" ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+
+  fileSystems."/" = {
+    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/628eb25a-ec4f-4f73-84a7-8a96c335d47a";
+    fsType = "ext4";
+  };
+
+  fileSystems."/boot" = {
+    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/12CE-A600";
+    fsType = "vfat";
+  };
+
+  swapDevices = [ ];
+
+  # Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
+  # (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's
+  # still possible to use this option, but it's recommended to use it in conjunction
+  # with explicit per-interface declarations with `networking.interfaces.<interface>.useDHCP`.
+  networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.eno1.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.enp4s0f2.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.tailscale0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
+  hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
+}
diff --git a/hosts/titan/configuration.nix b/hosts/titan/configuration.nix
index eaf6cf3b..93bee8b3 100644
--- a/hosts/titan/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/titan/configuration.nix
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ in
     ];
   };
 
-  # fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
-  #   nerdfonts
-  # ];
-
   time.timeZone = common.timeZone;
 
   networking = {