diff --git a/src/core/_modules/networking/nat_gateway.tf b/src/core/_modules/networking/nat_gateway.tf
index aba950ada..12d9f5530 100644
--- a/src/core/_modules/networking/nat_gateway.tf
+++ b/src/core/_modules/networking/nat_gateway.tf
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@ resource "azurerm_public_ip" "this_01" {
   tags = var.tags
 }
 
+resource "azurerm_public_ip_prefix" "ng" {
+  count = var.ng_ippres_number
+
+  name                = format("%s-ippre-%02d", try(local.nonstandard[var.location_short].ng, "${var.project}-ng"), count.index + 1)
+  location            = var.location
+  resource_group_name = var.resource_group_name
+
+  prefix_length = 31
+  zones         = [count.index + 1]
+
+  tags = var.tags
+}
+
 resource "azurerm_nat_gateway" "this" {
   count = var.ng_number
 
@@ -29,3 +42,9 @@ resource "azurerm_nat_gateway_public_ip_association" "this_pip_01" {
   nat_gateway_id       = azurerm_nat_gateway.this[0].id
   public_ip_address_id = azurerm_public_ip.this_01[count.index].id
 }
+
+resource "azurerm_nat_gateway_public_ip_prefix_association" "this_ippres" {
+  count               = var.ng_ippres_number
+  nat_gateway_id      = azurerm_nat_gateway.this[count.index].id
+  public_ip_prefix_id = azurerm_public_ip_prefix.ng[count.index].id
+}
diff --git a/src/core/_modules/networking/variables.tf b/src/core/_modules/networking/variables.tf
index fb381edde..c8ce71e1d 100644
--- a/src/core/_modules/networking/variables.tf
+++ b/src/core/_modules/networking/variables.tf
@@ -44,3 +44,10 @@ variable "ng_number" {
   description = "Number of nat gateways to deploy"
   default     = 1
 }
+
+
+variable "ng_ippres_number" {
+  type        = number
+  description = "Number of Public IP Prefix assigned to the nat gateway"
+  default     = 3
+}
diff --git a/src/core/prod/italynorth.tf b/src/core/prod/italynorth.tf
index e6a4a8e45..0d7db4d19 100644
--- a/src/core/prod/italynorth.tf
+++ b/src/core/prod/italynorth.tf
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ module "networking_itn" {
   vnet_cidr_block = "10.20.0.0/16"
   pep_snet_cidr   = ["10.20.2.0/23"]
 
+  ng_number     = 3
+  ng_ips_number = 0
+
   tags = local.tags
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/prod/westeurope.tf b/src/core/prod/westeurope.tf
index 20a531fd2..012046623 100644
--- a/src/core/prod/westeurope.tf
+++ b/src/core/prod/westeurope.tf
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ module "networking_weu" {
   vnet_cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
   pep_snet_cidr   = ["10.0.240.0/23"]
 
-  ng_ips_number = 2
+  ng_ips_number    = 2
+  ng_ippres_number = 0
 
   tags = merge(local.tags, { Source = "https://github.com/pagopa/io-infra" })
 }