Chamber and committees

Climate Action Committee

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Meeting Agenda

8th Meeting, 2026

• Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
• Session: 7
• Location: Committee Room 1
• Start time: 09:15am
• Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2026 02:22pm

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1 Declaration of interests

Donald MacKinnon will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

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2 The environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres inquiry – evidence

The Committee will take evidence from—

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Witnesses

Craig Melson, Associate Director, techUK

Andrew Weir, CEO, ScotlandIS

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Alejandro Gallego Schmid, Reader in Circular Economy and Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment, The University of Manchester

Wim Vanderbauwhede, Professor in Low Carbon and Sustainable Computing, University of Glasgow

Thomas Morstyn, Associate Professor in Power Systems, University of Oxford

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Environmental Impacts of Hyperscale Data Centres Clerk note posted 02/11/2026 (Ref: CA/S7/26/8/1, 268KB, pdf)

CA/S7/26/8/2(P) (Private Paper)

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3 The environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres inquiry – review of evidence (in private) (Private)

The Committee will review the evidence heard under agenda item 2.

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