Virginia just became the first state to tax data center electricity consumption, imposing a 1.1 cent per kilowatt-hour levy that took effect July 1. The message is unmistakable: the political honeymoon for AI infrastructure is over. Data centers have become a flashpoint in gubernatorial races from Pennsylvania to Virginia, and Rep. Greg Casar, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, is now calling on Democrats to become "AI populists" — arguing the technology...