1. Decisions on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private.

2. The environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres inquiry – evidence

The Committee will take evidence from—

• Colin Lindsay
  Developer and Hydrogen Services Manager
  Scottish Water Horizons
• Giulio Santori
  Reader
  University of Edinburgh
• Professor Mark Parsons
  EPCC Director
  EPCC, University of Edinburgh
• Ana Valdivia
  Lecturer in AI, Government & Policy
  University of Oxford

and then from:

• Dr Gemma Bone Dodds
  Chair
  Lothian Heat
• Simon Kerr
  Head of Heat Networks
  SAV-Systems
• Andrea Marinoni
  Associate Professor of Applied Remote Sensing, UiT the Arctic University of Norway and Affiliated Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Technology
  University of Cambridge

3. Scottish Government's Budget 2027-28 – approach

The Committee will consider its approach to its scrutiny of the Scottish Government's Budget 2027-28.

4. Environmental Standards Scotland engine idling laws air quality investigation: Scottish Government improvement plan – approach

The Committee will consider its approach to its scrutiny of the Environmental Standards Scotland engine idling laws air quality investigation: Scottish Government improvement plan.

5. The environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres inquiry – review of evidence (in private)

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