diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/index.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/index.ts
index c6f13272edca389..09812fd339e4cca 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/index.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import JoiNamespace from 'joi';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
-
-import { getConfigSchema, initServerWithKibana } from './server/kibana.index';
+import { PluginInitializerContext } from 'src/core/server';
+import KbnServer from 'src/legacy/server/kbn_server';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { getConfigSchema } from './server/kibana.index';
 import { savedObjectMappings } from './server/saved_objects';
+import { plugin } from './server/new_platform_index';
 
 const APP_ID = 'infra';
 const logsSampleDataLinkLabel = i18n.translate('xpack.infra.sampleDataLinkLabel', {
@@ -71,7 +74,27 @@ export function infra(kibana: any) {
       return getConfigSchema(Joi);
     },
     init(server: any) {
-      initServerWithKibana(server);
+      // convert hapi instance to KbnServer
+      // `kbnServer.server` is the same hapi instance
+      // `kbnServer.newPlatform` has important values
+      const kbnServer = (server as unknown) as KbnServer;
+      const { core } = kbnServer.newPlatform.setup;
+
+      const getConfig$ = <T>() =>
+        new Observable<T>(observer => {
+          observer.next(server.config().get('xpack.infra'));
+        });
+
+      const initContext = {
+        config: {
+          create: getConfig$,
+          createIfExists: getConfig$,
+        },
+      } as PluginInitializerContext;
+
+      plugin(initContext).setup(core);
+
+      // NP_TODO: How do we move this to new platform?
       server.addAppLinksToSampleDataset('logs', [
         {
           path: `/app/${APP_ID}#/logs`,
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/kibana.index.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/kibana.index.ts
index ac22bf71f6f17a7..73aa61f66422e4f 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/kibana.index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/kibana.index.ts
@@ -10,15 +10,17 @@ import JoiNamespace from 'joi';
 import { initInfraServer } from './infra_server';
 import { compose } from './lib/compose/kibana';
 import { UsageCollector } from './usage/usage_collector';
+import { InternalCoreSetup } from '../../../../../src/core/server';
 
 export interface KbnServer extends Server {
   usage: any;
 }
 
-export const initServerWithKibana = (kbnServer: KbnServer) => {
+export const initServerWithKibana = (core: InternalCoreSetup) => {
   const libs = compose(kbnServer);
   initInfraServer(libs);
 
+  // NP_TODO how do we replace this?
   kbnServer.expose(
     'defineInternalSourceConfiguration',
     libs.sources.defineInternalSourceConfiguration.bind(libs.sources)
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/new_platform_index.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/new_platform_index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..8c8a3f2a2030487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/new_platform_index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { PluginInitializerContext } from 'src/core/server';
+import { InfraServerPlugin, config, InfraConfig } from './new_platform_plugin';
+
+// NP_TODO: kibana NP needs "config" to be exported from here, I think?
+export { config, InfraConfig };
+
+export function plugin(context: PluginInitializerContext) {
+  return new InfraServerPlugin(context);
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/new_platform_plugin.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/new_platform_plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..6777402ba155f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/new_platform_plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+import { InternalCoreSetup, PluginInitializerContext } from 'src/core/server';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { schema, TypeOf } from '@kbn/config-schema';
+import { initServerWithKibana } from './kibana.index';
+
+export const config = {
+  schema: schema.object({
+    enabled: schema.boolean(),
+    query: schema.object({
+      partitionSize: schema.maybe(schema.number()),
+      partitionFactor: schema.maybe(schema.number()),
+    }),
+  }),
+};
+
+export type InfraConfig = TypeOf<typeof config.schema>;
+
+const DEFAULT_CONFIG: InfraConfig = {
+  enabled: true,
+  query: {
+    partitionSize: 75,
+    partitionFactor: 1.2,
+  },
+};
+
+export class InfraServerPlugin {
+  public config$: Observable<InfraConfig>;
+  public config: InfraConfig = DEFAULT_CONFIG;
+
+  constructor(context: PluginInitializerContext) {
+    this.config$ = context.config.create<InfraConfig>();
+    this.config$.subscribe(configValue => {
+      this.config = {
+        ...DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+        enabled: configValue.enabled,
+        query: {
+          ...DEFAULT_CONFIG.query,
+          ...configValue.query,
+        },
+      };
+    });
+  }
+
+  setup(core: InternalCoreSetup) {
+    initServerWithKibana(core);
+  }
+}