Patent ID: 8917502

Claim:
A datacenter, comprising: a plurality of levels stacked one on top of each other, each level comprising: a first cylinder forming a first duct for vertical airflow therethrough; a second cylinder, concentric with the first cylinder, and surrounding the first cylinder so that a second duct is formed between the first cylinder and the second cylinder, the second duct for vertical airflow therethrough; a third cylinder, concentric with the first cylinder, and surrounding the second cylinder so that a third duct is formed between the second cylinder and the third cylinder, the third duct for vertical airflow therethrough; a server farm comprising a plurality of servers, each server comprising an air intake on one side and an air exhaust on another side, the servers of the server farm being arranged on the second cylinder such that air intakes for servers on the server farm are in fluid communication with the second duct and the air exhausts for the servers is in fluid communication with the third duct; and a plurality of network racks, each network rack including one or more network hardware components, the network hardware components including an air intake and an air exhaust, the one or more network hardware components being arranged on the first cylinder such that air intakes for the network hardware components are in fluid communication with the second duct and the air exhausts on the network hardware components are in fluid communication with the first duct; and wherein the first cylinders, second cylinders, and third cylinders for each of the levels align to form continuous cylinders through the plurality of multiple levels.