An arrangement of earth collectors for large-scale plants in cold local heat usage comprising • a first group of equally configured earth collectors which in each case are connected on the supply side via a first supply-side branching to a first common supply line and are connected on the return side via a first return-side branching to a first common return line, wherein the first common supply line and the first common return line are configured such that for each earth collector the total pressure losses for flowing through the first common supply line from its supply-side end as far as the first supply-side branching to this earth collector and the first common return line from the first return-side branching to this earth collector as far as its return-side end are equal, • wherein the first common supply and return lines (11, 12) have equal internal cross sections and the total lengths of the first common supply line from its supply-side end as far as the first supply-side branching to a specific earth collector and of the first common return line from the first return-side branching to this earth collector as far as its return-side end are of equal length, characterized in that the arrangement comprises • an n-th group consisting of a plurality of equally configured (n-1)th groups, which in each case are connected on the supply side via an n-th supply-side branching to an n-th common supply line and are connected on the return side via an n-th return-side branching to an n-th common return line, wherein the n-th common supply line and the n-th common return line are configured such that for each (n-1)th group the total pressure losses for flowing through the n-th common supply line from its supply-side end as far as the n-th supply-side branching to this (n-1)th group and the n-th common return line from the n-th return-side branching to this (n-1)th group as far as its return-side end are equal, wherein n is a whole number which is equal to or greater than 2, • wherein the n-th common supply line and the n-th common return line have equal n-th internal cross sections, and for each (n-1)th group the total lengths of the n-th common supply line from its supply-side end as far as the n-th supply-side branching to this group and of the n-th common return line from the n-th return-side branching to this (n-1)th group as far as its return-side end are equal. • a first group of equally configured earth collectors which in each case are connected on the supply side via a first supply-side branching to a first common supply line and are connected on the return side via a first return-side branching to a first common return line, wherein the first common supply line and the first common return line are configured such that for each earth collector the total pressure losses for flowing through the first common supply line from its supply-side end as far as the first supply-side branching to this earth collector and the first common return line from the first return-side branching to this earth collector as far as its return-side end are equal, • wherein the first common supply and return lines (11, 12) have equal internal cross sections and the total lengths of the first common supply line from its supply-side end as far as the first supply-side branching to a specific earth collector and of the first common return line from the first return-side branching to this earth collector as far as its return-side end are of equal length, characterized in that the arrangement comprises • an n-th group consisting of a plurality of equally configured (n-1)th groups, which in each case are connected on the supply side via an n-th supply-side branching to an n-th common supply line and are connected on the return side via an n-th return-side branching to an n-th common return line, wherein the n-th common supply line and the n-th common return line are configured such that for each (n-1)th group the total pressure losses for flowing through the n-th common supply line from its supply-side end as far as the n-th supply-side branching to this (n-1)th group and the n-th common return line from the n-th return-side branching to this (n-1)th group as far as its return-side end are equal, wherein n is a whole number which is equal to or greater than 2, • wherein the n-th common supply line and the n-th common return line have equal n-th internal cross sections, and for each (n-1)th group the total lengths of the n-th common supply line from its supply-side end as far as the n-th supply-side branching to this group and of the n-th common return line from the n-th return-side branching to this (n-1)th group as far as its return-side end are equal.