diff --git a/packages/playground/src/components/select_farm.vue b/packages/playground/src/components/select_farm.vue
index 8b899a4e75..1f9557ad12 100644
--- a/packages/playground/src/components/select_farm.vue
+++ b/packages/playground/src/components/select_farm.vue
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const props = defineProps({
   modelValue: { type: Object as PropType<Farm> },
   country: String,
   filters: { default: () => ({} as Filters), type: Object as PropType<Filters> },
+  exclusiveFor: String,
 });
 const emits = defineEmits<{ (event: "update:modelValue", value?: Farm): void }>();
 
@@ -61,15 +62,19 @@ async function loadFarms() {
 
   const grid = await getGrid(profileManager.profile!);
   const filters = props.filters;
-  farms.value = await getFarms(grid!, {
-    country: country.value,
-    cru: filters.cpu,
-    mru: filters.memory ? Math.round(filters.memory / 1024) : undefined,
-    hru: filters.disk,
-    sru: filters.ssd,
-    publicIPs: filters.publicIp,
-    availableFor: grid!.twinId,
-  });
+  farms.value = await getFarms(
+    grid!,
+    {
+      country: country.value,
+      cru: filters.cpu,
+      mru: filters.memory ? Math.round(filters.memory / 1024) : undefined,
+      hru: filters.disk,
+      sru: filters.ssd,
+      publicIPs: filters.publicIp,
+      availableFor: grid!.twinId,
+    },
+    { exclusiveFor: props.exclusiveFor },
+  );
 
   if (oldFarm) {
     farm.value = farms.value.find(f => f.name === oldFarm.name);
diff --git a/packages/playground/src/utils/get_farms.ts b/packages/playground/src/utils/get_farms.ts
index 03c4d61ff1..bbe87aa4da 100644
--- a/packages/playground/src/utils/get_farms.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/src/utils/get_farms.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import type { FilterOptions, GridClient, NodeInfo } from "@threefold/grid_client";
 
-import { gqlClient } from "../clients";
+import { gqlClient, gridProxyClient } from "../clients";
 
-export async function getFarms(grid: GridClient, filters: FilterOptions) {
+export interface GetFarmsOptions {
+  exclusiveFor?: string;
+}
+export async function getFarms(grid: GridClient, filters: FilterOptions, options: GetFarmsOptions = {}) {
   const nodes: NodeInfo[][] = [];
 
   let page = 1;
@@ -12,10 +15,38 @@ export async function getFarms(grid: GridClient, filters: FilterOptions) {
     page = nodes[page - 1].length ? ++page : 0;
   }
 
-  const farmIds = Array.from(new Set(nodes.flat(1).map(node => node.farmId)));
+  let farmIds = Array.from(new Set(nodes.flat(1).map(node => node.farmId)));
+
+  if (options.exclusiveFor && !filters.publicIPs) {
+    const blockedFarms = await getBlockedFarmSet(options.exclusiveFor);
+    farmIds = farmIds.filter(id => !blockedFarms.has(id));
+  }
 
   return gqlClient.farms(
     { farmID: true, name: true },
     { orderBy: ["farmID_ASC"], where: { farmID_in: farmIds }, limit: farmIds.length },
   );
 }
+
+export async function getBlockedFarmSet(exclusiveFor: string): Promise<Set<number>> {
+  const { totalCount } = await gqlClient.nodeContractsConnection(
+    { totalCount: true },
+    {
+      orderBy: ["id_ASC"],
+      where: { deploymentData_contains: exclusiveFor, state_eq: "Created", numberOfPublicIPs_eq: 0 },
+    },
+  );
+
+  const nodes = await gqlClient.nodeContracts(
+    { nodeID: true },
+    {
+      limit: totalCount,
+      where: { deploymentData_contains: exclusiveFor, state_eq: "Created" },
+    },
+  );
+
+  const farms = await Promise.all(
+    Array.from(new Set(nodes.map(node => node.nodeID))).map(id => gridProxyClient.nodes.byId(id)),
+  );
+  return new Set(farms.map(farm => farm.farmId));
+}
diff --git a/packages/playground/src/weblets/tf_presearch.vue b/packages/playground/src/weblets/tf_presearch.vue
index 1bdb325307..de7e343a1b 100644
--- a/packages/playground/src/weblets/tf_presearch.vue
+++ b/packages/playground/src/weblets/tf_presearch.vue
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
             ssd: rootFsSize,
             publicIp: ipv4,
           }"
+          exclusive-for="research"
           v-model="farm"
         />
       </template>