diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/Cluster/Cluster.test.tsx b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/Cluster/Cluster.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddadd95272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/Cluster/Cluster.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { wrapInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
+import { Cluster } from './Cluster';
+
+jest.mock('../../hooks');
+import * as oneDeployment from '../../__fixtures__/1-deployments.json';
+
+describe('Cluster', () => {
+  it('render 1 cluster', async () => {
+    const { getByText } = render(
+      wrapInTestApp(
+        <Cluster
+          {...({
+            clusterObjects: {
+              cluster: {
+                name: 'cluster-1',
+              },
+              resources: [
+                {
+                  type: 'deployments',
+                  resources: oneDeployment.deployments,
+                },
+                {
+                  type: 'replicasets',
+                  resources: oneDeployment.replicaSets,
+                },
+                {
+                  type: 'pods',
+                  resources: oneDeployment.pods,
+                },
+              ],
+              errors: [],
+            },
+            podsWithErrors: new Set<string>(),
+          } as any)}
+        />,
+      ),
+    );
+
+    expect(getByText('cluster-1')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(getByText('10 pods')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.tsx b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/Cluster/Cluster.tsx
similarity index 52%
rename from plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.tsx
rename to plugins/kubernetes/src/components/Cluster/Cluster.tsx
index 260c77ed9e..d238396f53 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.tsx
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/Cluster/Cluster.tsx
@@ -23,32 +23,20 @@ import {
   Grid,
   Typography,
 } from '@material-ui/core';
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { ClusterObjects } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
-import { ErrorPanel } from './ErrorPanel';
 import ExpandMoreIcon from '@material-ui/icons/ExpandMore';
 import { DeploymentsAccordions } from '../DeploymentsAccordions';
-import { ErrorReporting } from '../ErrorReporting';
 import { groupResponses } from '../../utils/response';
-import { DetectedError, detectErrors } from '../../error-detection';
 import { IngressesAccordions } from '../IngressesAccordions';
 import { ServicesAccordions } from '../ServicesAccordions';
 import { CustomResources } from '../CustomResources';
-import EmptyStateImage from '../../assets/emptystate.svg';
 import {
   ClusterContext,
   GroupedResponsesContext,
   PodNamesWithErrorsContext,
-  useKubernetesObjects,
 } from '../../hooks';
 
-import {
-  Content,
-  Page,
-  Progress,
-  StatusError,
-  StatusOK,
-} from '@backstage/core-components';
+import { StatusError, StatusOK } from '@backstage/core-components';
 
 type ClusterSummaryProps = {
   clusterName: string;
@@ -117,7 +105,7 @@ type ClusterProps = {
   children?: React.ReactNode;
 };
 
-const Cluster = ({ clusterObjects, podsWithErrors }: ClusterProps) => {
+export const Cluster = ({ clusterObjects, podsWithErrors }: ClusterProps) => {
   const groupedResponses = groupResponses(clusterObjects.resources);
   return (
     <ClusterContext.Provider value={clusterObjects.cluster}>
@@ -153,107 +141,3 @@ const Cluster = ({ clusterObjects, podsWithErrors }: ClusterProps) => {
     </ClusterContext.Provider>
   );
 };
-
-type KubernetesContentProps = { entity: Entity; children?: React.ReactNode };
-
-export const KubernetesContent = ({ entity }: KubernetesContentProps) => {
-  const { kubernetesObjects, error } = useKubernetesObjects(entity);
-
-  const clustersWithErrors =
-    kubernetesObjects?.items.filter(r => r.errors.length > 0) ?? [];
-
-  const detectedErrors =
-    kubernetesObjects !== undefined
-      ? detectErrors(kubernetesObjects)
-      : new Map<string, DetectedError[]>();
-
-  return (
-    <Page themeId="tool">
-      <Content>
-        {kubernetesObjects === undefined && error === undefined && <Progress />}
-
-        {/* errors retrieved from the kubernetes clusters */}
-        {clustersWithErrors.length > 0 && (
-          <Grid container spacing={3} direction="column">
-            <Grid item>
-              <ErrorPanel
-                entityName={entity.metadata.name}
-                clustersWithErrors={clustersWithErrors}
-              />
-            </Grid>
-          </Grid>
-        )}
-
-        {/* other errors */}
-        {error !== undefined && (
-          <Grid container spacing={3} direction="column">
-            <Grid item>
-              <ErrorPanel
-                entityName={entity.metadata.name}
-                errorMessage={error}
-              />
-            </Grid>
-          </Grid>
-        )}
-
-        {kubernetesObjects && (
-          <Grid container spacing={3} direction="column">
-            <Grid item>
-              <ErrorReporting detectedErrors={detectedErrors} />
-            </Grid>
-            <Grid item>
-              <Divider />
-            </Grid>
-            <Grid item>
-              <Typography variant="h3">Your Clusters</Typography>
-            </Grid>
-            <Grid item container>
-              {kubernetesObjects?.items.length <= 0 && (
-                <Grid
-                  container
-                  justifyContent="space-around"
-                  direction="row"
-                  alignItems="center"
-                  spacing={2}
-                >
-                  <Grid item xs={4}>
-                    <Typography variant="h5">
-                      No resources on any known clusters for{' '}
-                      {entity.metadata.name}
-                    </Typography>
-                  </Grid>
-                  <Grid item xs={4}>
-                    <img
-                      src={EmptyStateImage}
-                      alt="EmptyState"
-                      data-testid="emptyStateImg"
-                    />
-                  </Grid>
-                </Grid>
-              )}
-              {kubernetesObjects?.items.length > 0 &&
-                kubernetesObjects?.items.map((item, i) => {
-                  const podsWithErrors = new Set<string>(
-                    detectedErrors
-                      .get(item.cluster.name)
-                      ?.filter(de => de.kind === 'Pod')
-                      .map(de => de.names)
-                      .flat() ?? [],
-                  );
-
-                  return (
-                    <Grid item key={i} xs={12}>
-                      <Cluster
-                        clusterObjects={item}
-                        podsWithErrors={podsWithErrors}
-                      />
-                    </Grid>
-                  );
-                })}
-            </Grid>
-          </Grid>
-        )}
-      </Content>
-    </Page>
-  );
-};
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/index.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/Cluster/index.ts
similarity index 91%
rename from plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/index.ts
rename to plugins/kubernetes/src/components/Cluster/index.ts
index 1a77bd40b2..dc9df63d42 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/Cluster/index.ts
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-export { KubernetesContent } from './KubernetesContent';
+export { Cluster } from './Cluster';
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/ErrorPanel.test.tsx b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/ErrorPanel/ErrorPanel.test.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/ErrorPanel.test.tsx
rename to plugins/kubernetes/src/components/ErrorPanel/ErrorPanel.test.tsx
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/ErrorPanel.tsx b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/ErrorPanel/ErrorPanel.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/ErrorPanel.tsx
rename to plugins/kubernetes/src/components/ErrorPanel/ErrorPanel.tsx
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/ErrorPanel/index.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/ErrorPanel/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d3778e2c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/ErrorPanel/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+export { ErrorPanel } from './ErrorPanel';
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.test.tsx b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent.test.tsx
similarity index 95%
rename from plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.test.tsx
rename to plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent.test.tsx
index cd4b902f5f..db8cd06782 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent/KubernetesContent.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent.test.tsx
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { wrapInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
 import { KubernetesContent } from './KubernetesContent';
-import { useKubernetesObjects } from '../../hooks';
+import { useKubernetesObjects } from '../hooks';
 
-jest.mock('../../hooks');
-import * as oneDeployment from '../../__fixtures__/1-deployments.json';
-import * as twoDeployments from '../../__fixtures__/2-deployments.json';
+jest.mock('../hooks');
+import * as oneDeployment from '../__fixtures__/1-deployments.json';
+import * as twoDeployments from '../__fixtures__/2-deployments.json';
 
 describe('KubernetesContent', () => {
   it('render empty response', async () => {
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent.tsx b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..036bcdb608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/components/KubernetesContent.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { Divider, Grid, Typography } from '@material-ui/core';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { ErrorPanel } from './ErrorPanel';
+import { ErrorReporting } from './ErrorReporting';
+import { DetectedError, detectErrors } from '../error-detection';
+import { Cluster } from './Cluster';
+import EmptyStateImage from '../assets/emptystate.svg';
+import { useKubernetesObjects } from '../hooks';
+import { Content, Page, Progress } from '@backstage/core-components';
+
+type KubernetesContentProps = { entity: Entity; children?: React.ReactNode };
+
+export const KubernetesContent = ({ entity }: KubernetesContentProps) => {
+  const { kubernetesObjects, error } = useKubernetesObjects(entity);
+
+  const clustersWithErrors =
+    kubernetesObjects?.items.filter(r => r.errors.length > 0) ?? [];
+
+  const detectedErrors =
+    kubernetesObjects !== undefined
+      ? detectErrors(kubernetesObjects)
+      : new Map<string, DetectedError[]>();
+
+  return (
+    <Page themeId="tool">
+      <Content>
+        {kubernetesObjects === undefined && error === undefined && <Progress />}
+
+        {/* errors retrieved from the kubernetes clusters */}
+        {clustersWithErrors.length > 0 && (
+          <Grid container spacing={3} direction="column">
+            <Grid item>
+              <ErrorPanel
+                entityName={entity.metadata.name}
+                clustersWithErrors={clustersWithErrors}
+              />
+            </Grid>
+          </Grid>
+        )}
+
+        {/* other errors */}
+        {error !== undefined && (
+          <Grid container spacing={3} direction="column">
+            <Grid item>
+              <ErrorPanel
+                entityName={entity.metadata.name}
+                errorMessage={error}
+              />
+            </Grid>
+          </Grid>
+        )}
+
+        {kubernetesObjects && (
+          <Grid container spacing={3} direction="column">
+            <Grid item>
+              <ErrorReporting detectedErrors={detectedErrors} />
+            </Grid>
+            <Grid item>
+              <Divider />
+            </Grid>
+            <Grid item>
+              <Typography variant="h3">Your Clusters</Typography>
+            </Grid>
+            <Grid item container>
+              {kubernetesObjects?.items.length <= 0 && (
+                <Grid
+                  container
+                  justifyContent="space-around"
+                  direction="row"
+                  alignItems="center"
+                  spacing={2}
+                >
+                  <Grid item xs={4}>
+                    <Typography variant="h5">
+                      No resources on any known clusters for{' '}
+                      {entity.metadata.name}
+                    </Typography>
+                  </Grid>
+                  <Grid item xs={4}>
+                    <img
+                      src={EmptyStateImage}
+                      alt="EmptyState"
+                      data-testid="emptyStateImg"
+                    />
+                  </Grid>
+                </Grid>
+              )}
+              {kubernetesObjects?.items.length > 0 &&
+                kubernetesObjects?.items.map((item, i) => {
+                  const podsWithErrors = new Set<string>(
+                    detectedErrors
+                      .get(item.cluster.name)
+                      ?.filter(de => de.kind === 'Pod')
+                      .map(de => de.names)
+                      .flat() ?? [],
+                  );
+
+                  return (
+                    <Grid item key={i} xs={12}>
+                      <Cluster
+                        clusterObjects={item}
+                        podsWithErrors={podsWithErrors}
+                      />
+                    </Grid>
+                  );
+                })}
+            </Grid>
+          </Grid>
+        )}
+      </Content>
+    </Page>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/hooks/useKubernetesObjects.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/hooks/useKubernetesObjects.ts
index 4f19816296..51df92e8d2 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/hooks/useKubernetesObjects.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/hooks/useKubernetesObjects.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { kubernetesApiRef } from '../api/types';
 import { kubernetesAuthProvidersApiRef } from '../kubernetes-auth-provider/types';
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useInterval } from 'react-use';
 import {
   KubernetesRequestBody,
   ObjectsByEntityResponse,
@@ -38,51 +39,56 @@ export const useKubernetesObjects = (entity: Entity): KubernetesObjects => {
 
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
 
+  const getObjects = async () => {
+    let clusters = [];
+
+    try {
+      clusters = await kubernetesApi.getClusters();
+    } catch (e) {
+      setError(e.message);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const authProviders: string[] = [
+      ...new Set(clusters.map(c => c.authProvider)),
+    ];
+    // For each auth type, invoke decorateRequestBodyForAuth on corresponding KubernetesAuthProvider
+    let requestBody: KubernetesRequestBody = {
+      entity,
+    };
+    for (const authProviderStr of authProviders) {
+      // Multiple asyncs done sequentially instead of all at once to prevent same requestBody from being modified simultaneously
+      try {
+        requestBody =
+          await kubernetesAuthProvidersApi.decorateRequestBodyForAuth(
+            authProviderStr,
+            requestBody,
+          );
+      } catch (e) {
+        setError(e.message);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    try {
+      setKubernetesObjects(await kubernetesApi.getObjectsByEntity(requestBody));
+    } catch (e) {
+      setError(e.message);
+      return;
+    }
+  };
+
   useEffect(() => {
-    (async () => {
-      let clusters = [];
-
-      try {
-        clusters = await kubernetesApi.getClusters();
-      } catch (e) {
-        setError(e.message);
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const authProviders: string[] = [
-        ...new Set(clusters.map(c => c.authProvider)),
-      ];
-      // For each auth type, invoke decorateRequestBodyForAuth on corresponding KubernetesAuthProvider
-      let requestBody: KubernetesRequestBody = {
-        entity,
-      };
-      for (const authProviderStr of authProviders) {
-        // Multiple asyncs done sequentially instead of all at once to prevent same requestBody from being modified simultaneously
-        try {
-          requestBody =
-            await kubernetesAuthProvidersApi.decorateRequestBodyForAuth(
-              authProviderStr,
-              requestBody,
-            );
-        } catch (e) {
-          setError(e.message);
-          return;
-        }
-      }
-
-      try {
-        setKubernetesObjects(
-          await kubernetesApi.getObjectsByEntity(requestBody),
-        );
-      } catch (e) {
-        setError(e.message);
-        return;
-      }
-    })();
+    getObjects();
     /* eslint-disable react-hooks/exhaustive-deps */
   }, [entity.metadata.name, kubernetesApi, kubernetesAuthProvidersApi]);
   /* eslint-enable react-hooks/exhaustive-deps */
 
+  useInterval(() => {
+    getObjects();
+    // TODO make configurable
+  }, 10000);
+
   return {
     kubernetesObjects,
     error,