diff --git a/plugins/amda/include/AmdaServer.h b/plugins/amda/include/AmdaServer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c6c0f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/amda/include/AmdaServer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#ifndef SCIQLOP_AMDASERVER_H
+#define SCIQLOP_AMDASERVER_H
+
+#include <QLoggingCategory>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_AmdaServer)
+
+/**
+ * @brief The AmdaServer class represents the server used to retrieve AMDA data (singleton).
+ *
+ * The server instance is initialized at compile time, as defined by the AMDA_SERVER value.
+ */
+class AmdaServer {
+public:
+    /// @return the unique instance of the AMDA server
+    static AmdaServer &instance();
+
+    virtual ~AmdaServer() noexcept = default;
+
+    /// @return the name of the server
+    virtual QString name() const = 0;
+    /// @return the url of the server (used to retrieve data)
+    virtual QString url() const = 0;
+};
+
+#endif // SCIQLOP_AMDASERVER_H
diff --git a/plugins/amda/meson.build b/plugins/amda/meson.build
index 7f2e2c3..4ce7c5e 100644
--- a/plugins/amda/meson.build
+++ b/plugins/amda/meson.build
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ amdaplugin_sources = [
   'src/AmdaProvider.cpp',
   'src/AmdaResultParser.cpp',
   'src/AmdaResultParserDefs.cpp',
-  'src/AmdaResultParserHelper.cpp'
+  'src/AmdaResultParserHelper.cpp',
+  'src/AmdaServer.cpp'
 ]
 
 amdaplugin_ui_files = []
diff --git a/plugins/amda/src/AmdaServer.cpp b/plugins/amda/src/AmdaServer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09aca3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/amda/src/AmdaServer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include "AmdaServer.h"
+
+Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_AmdaServer, "AmdaServer")
+
+AmdaServer &AmdaServer::instance()
+{
+    /// @todo ALX
+}