A BBC Scotland News article by Mary McCool reports that thousands protested in Edinburgh against large-scale AI data centres, marching from the top of the Royal Mile towards the Scottish Parliament as part of more than 70 protests in 15 European countries. Innovation Minister Alyn Smith calls data centres "the whisky bonds of the AI sector," which protesters reject, while the Scottish Greens and campaign groups seek a moratorium and the government says it will publish new planning guidance before the end of the year.