South Carolina’s state-owned utility is putting a pair of partially built nuclear reactors on the market. Santee Cooper announced Wednesday that it would solicit proposals from potential buyers of the two units,

Santee Cooper plans to seek investors willing to buy the two unfinished reactors it abandoned at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station more than seven years ago

The utility, Santee Cooper, is trying to sell two nuclear reactors that it abandoned in 2017 as tech companies seek new sources of electricity for data centers.

South Carolina utility Santee Cooper is seeking buyers to restart construction of two stalled nuclear reactor projects nearly a decade after they were halted. Why it matters: Electricity providers are pursuing once-unthinkable energy projects to meet soaring demand from power-hungry AI and data centers.

Santee Cooper is now seeking proposals to acquire and complete, or propose alternatives, for two partially constructed nuclear units at the V.C. Summer Station.

Santee Cooper has initiated a process to seek proposals for the acquisition and completion of two partially constructed generating units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, S.C., in response to the increasing national interest in new nuclear power for meeting the growing demand for electricity.

Santee Cooper is working with bankers to solicit interest in V.C. Summer.

South Carolina’s largest utility company, Santee Cooper, is the latest energy provider to embrace nuclear power as demand for artificial intelligence continues to soar. Santee Cooper, also known as the South Carolina Public Service Authority,

Nuclear-related stocks finished mostly higher Wednesday after South Carolina power provider Santee Cooper said it is seeking proposals for buyers to restart construction of a pair of reactors at its V.