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Matthew Yglesias proposes conditioning approval of new data centers on operators setting aside 20% of GPUs as affordable compute for low-income agents

Responses compare the idea to housing affordability mandates.

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Ben (no treats)#982@ANDERSONBCDEFGOPMatthew YglesiasMatthew Yglesias@MATTYGLESIAS

Allow data centers but only if 20% of the GPUs are set aside as “affordable” compute for low-income agents.

2:21 PM · May 17, 2026 View on X
QUOTE POSTBojan Tunguz#687Bojan Tunguz@TUNGUZ

Seed inner cities with community GPU datacenter projects.

Matthew YglesiasMatthew Yglesias@mattyglesias

Allow data centers but only if 20% of the GPUs are set aside as “affordable” compute for low-income agents.

9:21 PM · May 17, 2026 · 297.8K Views
11:01 PM · May 17, 2026 · 5.2K Views
QUOTE POSTZvi Mowshowitz#918Zvi Mowshowitz@THEZVI

You laugh but it doesn't actually make less sense than the original version.

Matthew YglesiasMatthew Yglesias@mattyglesias

Allow data centers but only if 20% of the GPUs are set aside as “affordable” compute for low-income agents.

9:21 PM · May 17, 2026 · 297.8K Views
10:04 PM · May 17, 2026 · 14K Views
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