  Building on recent significant results of Frodden, Ghosh and Perez (FGP) and
Bianchi, I present a quantum version of Jacobson's argument that the Einstein
equations emerge as the equation of state of a quantum gravitational system. I
give three criteria a quantum theory of gravity must satisfy if it is to allow
Jacobson's argument to be run. I then show that the results of FGP and Bianchi
provide evidence that loop quantum gravity satisfies two of these criteria and
argue that the third should also be satisfied in loop quantum gravity. I also
show that the energy defined by FGP is the canonical energy associated with the
boundary term of the Holst action.
