Public utility company Santee Cooper is seeking buyers for two partially built nuclear units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, South Carolina, it said on Wednesday.

Efforts are underway to bring back the V.C. Summer nuclear construction project that cost ratepayers billions of dollars

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’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,

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.

Construction of the two reactors was abandoned in 2017, which was considered a major blow to the nuclear power industry.

The utility is hoping to capitalize on the recent boom in demand from tech companies looking to use nuclear reactors to power AI data centers.

Construction of new reactors at Jenkinsville nuclear plant was abandoned in 2017, costing energy customers millions of dollars

Santee Cooper, the big power provider in South Carolina, has tapped financial advisers to look for buyers that can restart construction on a pair of nuclear reactors that were mothballed years ago. The state-owned utility is betting interest will be strong,