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+import React from 'react';
+
+import { Col, Row } from 'react-styled-flexboxgrid';
+import { P } from 'joyent-ui-toolkit';
+
+export default () =>
+  <Row>
+    <Col xs={12}>
+      <P>You don't have any instances</P>
+    </Col>
+  </Row>;