Morning Briefing — 09 November 2026 SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Morning Briefing — 09 November 2026

The midterms did something Big Tech’s marketing never could: they asked what a cat in a spacesuit really costs . Voters backed curbs on data centres in 40 of 41 local ballots, and OpenAI pledged to pay “the full cost” of its electricity. Electricity is only the visible bill. [Read also the article: ft.com - Anthropic strikes $3.4bn deal to generate gas-fired power for data centres] Who pays for the emissions, water and grid capacity behind every free token? AI-generated image ;-)

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