diff --git a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/compute/config/VPDCComputeServiceContextModule.java b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/compute/config/VPDCComputeServiceContextModule.java
index 26b3bc5e71..6a7cd4b9b6 100644
--- a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/compute/config/VPDCComputeServiceContextModule.java
+++ b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/compute/config/VPDCComputeServiceContextModule.java
@@ -33,13 +33,11 @@ import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.compute.functions.NetworkToLocation;
 import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.compute.functions.VMSpecToHardware;
 import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.compute.functions.VMToNodeMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.compute.strategy.VPDCComputeServiceAdapter;
-import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.compute.suppliers.FirstNetwork;
 import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.domain.Network;
 import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.domain.VM;
 import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.domain.VMSpec;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
 import com.google.inject.Injector;
 import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
 
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ public class VPDCComputeServiceContextModule extends
       }).to(VMSpecToHardware.class);
       bind(new TypeLiteral<Function<Network, Location>>() {
       }).to(NetworkToLocation.class);
-      bind(new TypeLiteral<Supplier<Location>>() {
-      }).to(FirstNetwork.class);
+      // to have the compute service adapter override default locations
+      install(new LocationsFromComputeServiceAdapterModule<VM, VMSpec, CIMOperatingSystem, Network>(){});
    }
 }
diff --git a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/config/VPDCRestClientModule.java b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/config/VPDCRestClientModule.java
index 89ce7da565..77e61b3c29 100644
--- a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/config/VPDCRestClientModule.java
+++ b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/config/VPDCRestClientModule.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.jclouds.http.annotation.Redirection;
 import org.jclouds.http.annotation.ServerError;
 import org.jclouds.json.Json;
 import org.jclouds.location.Provider;
+import org.jclouds.location.suppliers.ImplicitLocationSupplier;
 import org.jclouds.predicates.RetryablePredicate;
 import org.jclouds.rest.AsyncClientFactory;
 import org.jclouds.rest.AuthorizationException;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.features.VMClient;
 import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.handlers.VPDCErrorHandler;
 import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.internal.LoginAsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.internal.VCloudToken;
+import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.location.FirstNetwork;
 import org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.predicates.TaskSuccess;
 import org.jclouds.util.Strings2;
 
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.inject.Injector;
 import com.google.inject.Provides;
+import com.google.inject.Scopes;
 import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
 
 /**
@@ -163,5 +166,10 @@ public class VPDCRestClientModule extends RestClientModule<VPDCClient, VPDCAsync
       bind(HttpErrorHandler.class).annotatedWith(ClientError.class).to(VPDCErrorHandler.class);
       bind(HttpErrorHandler.class).annotatedWith(ServerError.class).to(VPDCErrorHandler.class);
    }
-
+   
+   @Override
+   protected void installLocations() {
+      super.installLocations();
+      bind(ImplicitLocationSupplier.class).to(FirstNetwork.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
+   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/compute/suppliers/FirstNetwork.java b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/location/FirstNetwork.java
similarity index 92%
rename from providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/compute/suppliers/FirstNetwork.java
rename to providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/location/FirstNetwork.java
index 62c63b8d95..56bf8dabbb 100644
--- a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/compute/suppliers/FirstNetwork.java
+++ b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/location/FirstNetwork.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.compute.suppliers;
+package org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.location;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.find;
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import javax.inject.Singleton;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
 import org.jclouds.domain.LocationScope;
+import org.jclouds.location.suppliers.ImplicitLocationSupplier;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
  * 
  */
 @Singleton
-public class FirstNetwork implements Supplier<Location> {
+public class FirstNetwork implements ImplicitLocationSupplier {
    @Singleton
    public static final class IsNetwork implements Predicate<Location> {
       @Override