Today’s column takes a deep dive into the most common claims in support of moratoria on building new data centers. And the International Energy Agency projects that data center demand growth through 2030 (around 240 terawatt-hours) will trail the added demand from electric vehicles and household electrification. Data centers add new demand, but they are just one among many reasons why electricity demand is expected to soar. American lawns dwarf that: Residential landscape irrigation runs to about 9 billion gallons a day—roughly 190 times the annual data center total. It could do the opposite if the moratoria result in data center development moving to another state or country with a more carbon-intensive grid.