SEED — Cambridge campus

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Preparing the Cambridge campus

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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTSA campus designed to waste less

We assume…

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The campus, step by step

SEE INSIDE

Reading the hall

Black cabinetsCompute racks
Gold overhead linesElectrical power busways
Light gray overhead barsCable trays
Red ceiling pipesFire sprinklers
Orange + blue in floorWarm return + cool supply

Power travels above the racks. Cooling pipes run in the floor trenches.

Follow the gold connections

Battery cabinets → UPS + distribution → power busways → racks

The gold lines are electrical connections. Red ceiling pipes are fire sprinklers; orange and blue floor pipes carry coolant.

Illustrative connection layout

Cooling and winter protection

Orange + blueWarm return + cool supply fluid
White with purple bandsDrain lines to indoor tanks
Yellow valve actuatorWarm-fluid bypass control

Valves isolate each cooler. When the computers stop during a long cold outage, its fluid drains indoors.

Fan motion illustrates operation. Real controls can stop fans in cold weather. Layout and tank sizes need engineering.

The cold battery underground

1,024 boreholes · 150 m deep
Sealed U-shaped pipes carry fluid into the rock and back. Air stays inside the building.

Summer · room heat moves into the rockOne highlighted loop · diagram not to scale

The Cold Battery House holds pumps and pipes. The UPS batteries are in the hall’s electrical rooms.

32 × 32 drawn · about 1,000 in the design

Warm fluidCool fluidSummer · the ground takes heat

Proposed Cambridge campus

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About this model: This Cambridge concept keeps the six-site, 500 MW limit. Each person receives eight active coding hours daily on the top model. Token intensity, overlapping usage and hardware performance determine how many people fit; those assumptions are explained inside AI & energy. The parcel is illustrative; land and grid access remain to be confirmed.

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