diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/hcloud_placement_group.yml b/changelogs/fragments/hcloud_placement_group.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d49484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/hcloud_placement_group.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+major_changes:
+  - Introduction of placement groups
diff --git a/plugins/modules/hcloud_placement_group.py b/plugins/modules/hcloud_placement_group.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a31ab04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/modules/hcloud_placement_group.py
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright: (c) 2020, Hetzner Cloud GmbH <info@hetzner-cloud.de>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = """
+---
+module: hcloud_placement_group
+
+short_description: Create and manage placement groups on the Hetzner Cloud.
+
+
+description:
+    - Create, update and manage placement groups on the Hetzner Cloud.
+
+author:
+    - Adrian Huber (@Adi146)
+
+options:
+    id:
+        description:
+            - The ID of the Hetzner Cloud placement group to manage.
+            - Only required if no placement group I(name) is given
+        type: int
+    name:
+        description:
+            - The Name of the Hetzner Cloud placement group to manage.
+            - Only required if no placement group I(id) is given, or a placement group does not exists.
+        type: str
+    labels:
+        description:
+            - User-defined labels (key-value pairs)
+        type: dict
+    type:
+        description:
+            - The Type of the Hetzner Cloud placement group.
+        type: str
+    state:
+        description:
+            - State of the placement group.
+        default: present
+        choices: [ absent, present ]
+        type: str
+
+requirements:
+  - hcloud-python >= 1.15.0
+
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+- hetzner.hcloud.hcloud
+"""
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+- name: Create a basic placement group
+  hcloud_placement_group:
+    name: my-placement-group
+    state: present
+    type: spread
+
+- name: Create a placement group with labels
+  hcloud_placement_group:
+    name: my-placement-group
+    type: spread
+    labels:
+        key: value
+        mylabel: 123
+    state: present
+
+- name: Ensure the placement group is absent (remove if needed)
+  hcloud_placement_group:
+    name: my-placement-group
+    state: absent
+"""
+
+RETURN = """
+hcloud_placement_group:
+    description: The placement group instance
+    returned: Always
+    type: complex
+    contains:
+        id:
+            description: Numeric identifier of the placement group
+            returned: always
+            type: int
+            sample: 1937415
+        name:
+            description: Name of the placement group
+            returned: always
+            type: str
+            sample: my placement group
+        labels:
+            description: User-defined labels (key-value pairs)
+            returned: always
+            type: dict
+        type:
+            description: Type of the placement group
+            returned: always
+            type: str
+            sample: spread
+        servers:
+            description: Server IDs of the placement group
+            returned: always
+            type: list
+            elements: int
+            sample:
+                - 4711
+                - 4712
+"""
+
+from ansible_collections.hetzner.hcloud.plugins.module_utils.hcloud import Hcloud
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+
+
+class AnsibleHcloudPlacementGroup(Hcloud):
+    def __init__(self, module):
+        Hcloud.__init__(self, module, "hcloud_placement_group")
+        self.hcloud_placement_group = None
+
+    def _prepare_result(self):
+        return {
+            "id": to_native(self.hcloud_placement_group.id),
+            "name": to_native(self.hcloud_placement_group.name),
+            "labels": self.hcloud_placement_group.labels,
+            "type": to_native(self.hcloud_placement_group.type),
+            "servers": self.hcloud_placement_group.servers,
+        }
+
+    def _get_placement_group(self):
+        try:
+            if self.module.params.get("id") is not None:
+                self.hcloud_placement_group = self.client.placement_groups.get_by_id(
+                    self.module.params.get("id")
+                )
+            elif self.module.params.get("name") is not None:
+                self.hcloud_placement_group = self.client.placement_groups.get_by_name(
+                    self.module.params.get("name")
+                )
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg=e.message)
+
+    def _create_placement_group(self):
+        self.module.fail_on_missing_params(
+            required_params=["name"]
+        )
+        params = {
+            "name": self.module.params.get("name"),
+            "type": self.module.params.get("type"),
+            "labels": self.module.params.get("labels"),
+        }
+        if not self.module.check_mode:
+            try:
+                self.client.placement_groups.create(**params)
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.module.fail_json(msg=e.message, **params)
+        self._mark_as_changed()
+        self._get_placement_group()
+
+    def _update_placement_group(self):
+        name = self.module.params.get("name")
+        if name is not None and self.hcloud_placement_group.name != name:
+            self.module.fail_on_missing_params(
+                required_params=["id"]
+            )
+            if not self.module.check_mode:
+                self.hcloud_placement_group.update(name=name)
+            self._mark_as_changed()
+
+        labels = self.module.params.get("labels")
+        if labels is not None and self.hcloud_placement_group.labels != labels:
+            if not self.module.check_mode:
+                self.hcloud_placement_group.update(labels=labels)
+            self._mark_as_changed()
+
+        self._get_placement_group()
+
+    def present_placement_group(self):
+        self._get_placement_group()
+        if self.hcloud_placement_group is None:
+            self._create_placement_group()
+        else:
+            self._update_placement_group()
+
+    def delete_placement_group(self):
+        self._get_placement_group()
+        if self.hcloud_placement_group is not None:
+            if not self.module.check_mode:
+                self.client.placement_groups.delete(self.hcloud_placement_group)
+            self._mark_as_changed()
+        self.hcloud_placement_group = None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def define_module():
+        return AnsibleModule(
+            argument_spec=dict(
+                id={"type": "int"},
+                name={"type": "str"},
+                labels={"type": "dict"},
+                type={"type": "str"},
+                state={
+                    "choices": ["absent", "present"],
+                    "default": "present",
+                },
+                **Hcloud.base_module_arguments()
+            ),
+            required_one_of=[['id', 'name']],
+            required_if=[['state', 'present', ['name']]],
+            supports_check_mode=True,
+        )
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleHcloudPlacementGroup.define_module()
+
+    hcloud = AnsibleHcloudPlacementGroup(module)
+    state = module.params.get("state")
+    if state == "absent":
+        hcloud.delete_placement_group()
+    elif state == "present":
+        hcloud.present_placement_group()
+
+    module.exit_json(**hcloud.get_result())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/plugins/modules/hcloud_server.py b/plugins/modules/hcloud_server.py
index 62943fb..9238afe 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/hcloud_server.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/hcloud_server.py
@@ -81,10 +81,17 @@ options:
         default: no
     force_upgrade:
         description:
+            - Deprecated
             - Force the upgrade of the server.
             - Power off the server if it is running on upgrade.
         type: bool
         default: no
+    force:
+        description:
+            - Force the update of the server.
+            - May power off the server if update.
+        type: bool
+        default: no
     allow_deprecated_image:
         description:
             - Allows the creation of servers with deprecated images.
@@ -113,6 +120,10 @@ options:
             - Protect the Server for rebuild.
             - Needs to be the same as I(delete_protection).
         type: bool
+    placement_group:
+        description:
+            - Placement Group of the server.
+        type: str
     state:
         description:
             - State of the server.
@@ -180,6 +191,19 @@ EXAMPLES = """
     name: my-server
     image: ubuntu-18.04
     state: rebuild
+
+- name: Add server to placement group
+  hcloud_server:
+    name: my-server
+    placement_group: my-placement-group
+    force: True
+    state: present
+
+- name: Remove server from placement group
+  hcloud_server:
+    name: my-server
+    placement_group: null
+    state: present
 """
 
 RETURN = """
@@ -223,6 +247,12 @@ hcloud_server:
             returned: always
             type: str
             sample: fsn1
+        placement_group:
+            description: Placement Group of the server
+            type: str
+            returned: always
+            sample: 4711
+            version_added: "1.5.0"
         datacenter:
             description: Name of the datacenter of the server
             returned: always
@@ -283,6 +313,7 @@ class AnsibleHcloudServer(Hcloud):
 
     def _prepare_result(self):
         image = None if self.hcloud_server.image is None else to_native(self.hcloud_server.image.name)
+        placement_group = None if self.hcloud_server.placement_group is None else to_native(self.hcloud_server.placement_group.name)
         return {
             "id": to_native(self.hcloud_server.id),
             "name": to_native(self.hcloud_server.name),
@@ -292,6 +323,7 @@ class AnsibleHcloudServer(Hcloud):
             "server_type": to_native(self.hcloud_server.server_type.name),
             "datacenter": to_native(self.hcloud_server.datacenter.name),
             "location": to_native(self.hcloud_server.datacenter.location.name),
+            "placement_group": placement_group,
             "rescue_enabled": self.hcloud_server.rescue_enabled,
             "backup_window": to_native(self.hcloud_server.backup_window),
             "labels": self.hcloud_server.labels,
@@ -323,7 +355,8 @@ class AnsibleHcloudServer(Hcloud):
             "server_type": self._get_server_type(),
             "user_data": self.module.params.get("user_data"),
             "labels": self.module.params.get("labels"),
-            "image": self._get_image()
+            "image": self._get_image(),
+            "placement_group": self._get_placement_group(),
         }
 
         if self.module.params.get("ssh_keys") is not None:
@@ -424,8 +457,27 @@ class AnsibleHcloudServer(Hcloud):
 
         return server_type
 
+    def _get_placement_group(self):
+        if self.module.params.get("placement_group") is None:
+            return None
+
+        placement_group = self.client.placement_groups.get_by_name(
+            self.module.params.get("placement_group")
+        )
+        if placement_group is None:
+            try:
+                placement_group = self.client.placement_groups.get_by_id(self.module.params.get("placement_group"))
+            except Exception:
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="placement_group %s was not found" % self.module.params.get("placement_group"))
+
+        return placement_group
+
     def _update_server(self):
+        self.module.warn("force_upgrade is deprecated, use force instead")
+
         try:
+            previous_server_status = self.hcloud_server.status
+
             rescue_mode = self.module.params.get("rescue_mode")
             if rescue_mode and self.hcloud_server.rescue_enabled is False:
                 if not self.module.check_mode:
@@ -482,19 +534,26 @@ class AnsibleHcloudServer(Hcloud):
                             for a in actions:
                                 a.wait_until_finished()
 
+            if "placement_group" in self.module.params:
+                if self.module.params["placement_group"] is None and self.hcloud_server.placement_group is not None:
+                    if not self.module.check_mode:
+                        self.hcloud_server.remove_from_placement_group().wait_until_finished()
+                    self._mark_as_changed()
+                else:
+                    placement_group = self._get_placement_group()
+                    if (
+                        placement_group is not None and
+                        (self.hcloud_server.placement_group is None or self.hcloud_server.placement_group.id != placement_group.id)
+                    ):
+                        self.stop_server_if_forced()
+                        if not self.module.check_mode:
+                            self.hcloud_server.add_to_placement_group(placement_group)
+                        self._mark_as_changed()
+
             server_type = self.module.params.get("server_type")
             if server_type is not None and self.hcloud_server.server_type.name != server_type:
-                previous_server_status = self.hcloud_server.status
-                state = self.module.params.get("state")
-                if previous_server_status == Server.STATUS_RUNNING:
-                    if not self.module.check_mode:
-                        if self.module.params.get("force_upgrade") or state == "stopped":
-                            self.stop_server()  # Only stopped server can be upgraded
-                        else:
-                            self.module.warn(
-                                "You can not upgrade a running instance %s. You need to stop the instance or use force_upgrade=yes."
-                                % self.hcloud_server.name
-                            )
+                self.stop_server_if_forced()
+
                 timeout = 100
                 if self.module.params.get("upgrade_disk"):
                     timeout = (
@@ -505,11 +564,17 @@ class AnsibleHcloudServer(Hcloud):
                         server_type=self._get_server_type(),
                         upgrade_disk=self.module.params.get("upgrade_disk"),
                     ).wait_until_finished(timeout)
-                    if state == "present" and previous_server_status == Server.STATUS_RUNNING or state == "started":
-                        self.start_server()
-
                 self._mark_as_changed()
 
+            if (
+                not self.module.check_mode and
+                (
+                    self.module.params.get("state") == "present" and previous_server_status == Server.STATUS_RUNNING or
+                    self.module.params.get("state") == "started"
+                )
+            ):
+                self.start_server()
+
             delete_protection = self.module.params.get("delete_protection")
             rebuild_protection = self.module.params.get("rebuild_protection")
             if (delete_protection is not None and rebuild_protection is not None) and (
@@ -557,6 +622,24 @@ class AnsibleHcloudServer(Hcloud):
         except Exception as e:
             self.module.fail_json(msg=e.message)
 
+    def stop_server_if_forced(self):
+        previous_server_status = self.hcloud_server.status
+        if previous_server_status == Server.STATUS_RUNNING and not self.module.check_mode:
+            if (
+                self.module.params.get("force_upgrade") or
+                self.module.params.get("force") or
+                self.module.params.get("state") == "stopped"
+            ):
+                self.stop_server()  # Only stopped server can be upgraded
+                return previous_server_status
+            else:
+                self.module.warn(
+                    "You can not upgrade a running instance %s. You need to stop the instance or use force=yes."
+                    % self.hcloud_server.name
+                )
+
+        return None
+
     def rebuild_server(self):
         self.module.fail_on_missing_params(
             required_params=["image"]
@@ -606,11 +689,13 @@ class AnsibleHcloudServer(Hcloud):
                 labels={"type": "dict"},
                 backups={"type": "bool"},
                 upgrade_disk={"type": "bool", "default": False},
+                force={"type": "bool", "default": False},
                 force_upgrade={"type": "bool", "default": False},
                 allow_deprecated_image={"type": "bool", "default": False},
                 rescue_mode={"type": "str"},
                 delete_protection={"type": "bool"},
                 rebuild_protection={"type": "bool"},
+                placement_group={"type": "str"},
                 state={
                     "choices": ["absent", "present", "restarted", "started", "stopped", "rebuild"],
                     "default": "present",
diff --git a/plugins/modules/hcloud_server_info.py b/plugins/modules/hcloud_server_info.py
index 80fb61d..f156496 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/hcloud_server_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/hcloud_server_info.py
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ hcloud_server_info:
             returned: always
             type: str
             sample: fsn1
+        placement_group:
+            description: Placement Group of the server
+            type: str
+            returned: always
+            sample: 4711
+            version_added: "1.5.0"
         datacenter:
             description: Name of the datacenter of the server
             returned: always
@@ -146,6 +152,7 @@ class AnsibleHcloudServerInfo(Hcloud):
         for server in self.hcloud_server_info:
             if server is not None:
                 image = None if server.image is None else to_native(server.image.name)
+                placement_group = None if server.placement_group is None else to_native(server.placement_group.name)
                 tmp.append({
                     "id": to_native(server.id),
                     "name": to_native(server.name),
@@ -155,6 +162,7 @@ class AnsibleHcloudServerInfo(Hcloud):
                     "server_type": to_native(server.server_type.name),
                     "datacenter": to_native(server.datacenter.name),
                     "location": to_native(server.datacenter.location.name),
+                    "placement_group": placement_group,
                     "rescue_enabled": server.rescue_enabled,
                     "backup_window": to_native(server.backup_window),
                     "labels": server.labels,
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_placement_group/aliases b/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_placement_group/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55ec821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_placement_group/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cloud/hcloud
+shippable/hcloud/group2
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_placement_group/defaults/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_placement_group/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7557ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_placement_group/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright: (c) 2019, Hetzner Cloud GmbH <info@hetzner-cloud.de>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+---
+hcloud_prefix: "tests"
+hcloud_placement_group_name: "{{hcloud_prefix}}-i"
+hcloud_server_name: "{{hcloud_prefix}}-i"
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_placement_group/meta/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_placement_group/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..407c901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_placement_group/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+collections:
+  - community.general.ipfilter
+  - hetzner.cloud
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_placement_group/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_placement_group/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df47b1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_placement_group/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+# Copyright: (c) 2020, Hetzner Cloud GmbH <info@hetzner-cloud.de>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+---
+- name: setup placement group to be absent
+  hcloud_placement_group:
+    name: "{{ hcloud_placement_group_name }}"
+    state: absent
+
+- name: setup server to be absent
+  hcloud_server:
+    name: "{{ hcloud_server_name }}"
+    state: absent
+
+- name: test missing required parameters on create placement group
+  hcloud_placement_group:
+  register: result
+  ignore_errors: yes
+- name: verify fail test missing required parameters on create placement group
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - result is failed
+      - 'result.msg == "one of the following is required: id, name"'
+
+- name: test create placement group with check mode
+  hcloud_placement_group:
+    name: "{{ hcloud_placement_group_name }}"
+    type: spread
+  register: result
+  check_mode: yes
+- name: test create placement group with check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - result is changed
+
+- name: test create placement group
+  hcloud_placement_group:
+    name: "{{ hcloud_placement_group_name }}"
+    type: spread
+    labels:
+      key: value
+      my-label: label
+  register: placement_group
+- name: verify create placement group
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - placement_group is changed
+      - placement_group.hcloud_placement_group.name == "{{ hcloud_placement_group_name }}"
+      - placement_group.hcloud_placement_group.type == "spread"
+      - placement_group.hcloud_placement_group.servers | list | count == 0
+
+- name: test create placement group idempotence
+  hcloud_placement_group:
+    name: "{{ hcloud_placement_group_name }}"
+    type: spread
+    labels:
+      key: value
+      my-label: label
+  register: result
+- name: verify create placement group idempotence
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - result is not changed
+
+- name: test create server with placement group
+  hcloud_server:
+    name: "{{ hcloud_server_name }}"
+    server_type: cpx11
+    placement_group: "{{ hcloud_placement_group_name }}"
+    image: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    ssh_keys:
+      - ci@ansible.hetzner.cloud
+    state: present
+  register: server
+- name: verify create server with placement group
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - server is changed
+      - server.hcloud_server.placement_group == "{{ hcloud_placement_group_name }}"
+
+- name: test remove server from placement group
+  hcloud_server:
+    name: "{{ hcloud_server_name }}"
+    placement_group: null
+    state: present
+  register: result
+- name: verify remove server from placement group
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - result is changed
+      - result.hcloud_server.placement_group == None
+
+- name: test add server to placement group
+  hcloud_server:
+    name: "{{ hcloud_server_name }}"
+    placement_group: "{{ hcloud_server_name }}"
+    force: True
+    state: present
+  register: result
+- name: verify add server to placement group
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - result is changed
+      - result.hcloud_server.placement_group == "{{ hcloud_placement_group_name }}"
+      - result.hcloud_server.status == "running"
+
+- name: test add server to placement group idempotence
+  hcloud_server:
+    name: "{{ hcloud_server_name }}"
+    placement_group: "{{ hcloud_server_name }}"
+    force: True
+    state: present
+  register: result
+- name: verify add server to placement group idempotence
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - result is not changed
+      - result.hcloud_server.placement_group == "{{ hcloud_placement_group_name }}"
+      - result.hcloud_server.status == "running"
+
+- name: test update placement group with check mode
+  hcloud_placement_group:
+    id: "{{ placement_group.hcloud_placement_group.id }}"
+    name: "changed-{{ hcloud_placement_group_name }}"
+  register: result
+  check_mode: yes
+- name: verify update placement group with check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - result is changed
+
+- name: test update placement group
+  hcloud_placement_group:
+    id: "{{ placement_group.hcloud_placement_group.id }}"
+    name: "changed-{{ hcloud_placement_group_name }}"
+    labels:
+      key: value
+  register: result
+- name: verify update placement group
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - result is changed
+      - result.hcloud_placement_group.name == "changed-{{ hcloud_placement_group_name }}"
+
+- name: test update placement group idempotence
+  hcloud_placement_group:
+    id: "{{ placement_group.hcloud_placement_group.id }}"
+    name: "changed-{{ hcloud_placement_group_name }}"
+    labels:
+      key: value
+  register: result
+- name: verify update placement group idempotence
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - result is not changed
+
+- name: absent server
+  hcloud_server:
+    id: "{{ server.hcloud_server.id }}"
+    state: absent
+
+- name: absent placement group
+  hcloud_placement_group:
+    id: "{{ placement_group.hcloud_placement_group.id }}"
+    state: absent
+  register: result
+- name: verify absent placement group
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - result is success
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_server/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_server/tasks/main.yml
index 8534c0a..d72cf6b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/hcloud_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -49,22 +49,6 @@
       - result is failed
       - 'result.msg == "Image my-not-existing-image-20.04 was not found"'
 
-# Temporary test case to test deprecated images. This test will fail when the ubuntu-16.04 image was removed
-# feel free to remove this test then.
-- name: test create server with deprecated image
-  hcloud_server:
-    name: "{{ hcloud_server_name }}"
-    server_type: cx11
-    image: ubuntu-16.04
-    state: present
-  register: result
-  ignore_errors: yes
-- name: verify fail test create server deprecated image
-  assert:
-    that:
-      - result is failed
-      - 'result.msg == "You try to use a deprecated image. The image ubuntu-16.04 will continue to be available until 2021-06-22. If you want to use this image use allow_deprecated_image=yes."'
-
 - name: test create server with check mode
   hcloud_server:
     name: "{{ hcloud_server_name }}"