April 7, 2026
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Medina County Told Microsoft No. Here's the Playbook It Used.
When Microsoft demanded water volumes that would have drained groundwater for Yancey Water Supply's other customers, manager Scooter Mangold rejected the initial request, asked for blueprints, and pushed the tech giant to switch from evaporative to air-cooled designs, cutting consumption roughly 85 percent to 150,000 gallons per day.