AMAZON COM INC PP&E Disclosure
| Property and equipment | Estimated useful life | |||||||
| Buildings | Lesser of forty years or the remaining life of the underlying building | |||||||
| Servers and networking equipment | to six years (1) | |||||||
| Heavy equipment | to thirteen years (2) | |||||||
| Other equipment | to ten years | |||||||
| December 31, | |||||||||||
| 2024 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Gross property and equipment (1): | |||||||||||
| Land and buildings | $ | 123,039 | $ | 155,121 | |||||||
| Servers and networking equipment | 113,156 | 172,492 | |||||||||
| Heavy equipment | 52,228 | 65,545 | |||||||||
| Other equipment | 53,509 | 63,376 | |||||||||
| Other assets | 5,487 | 5,819 | |||||||||
| Construction in progress | 46,636 | 71,745 | |||||||||
| Gross property and equipment | 394,055 | 534,098 | |||||||||
| Total accumulated depreciation and amortization (1) | 141,390 | 177,073 | |||||||||
| Total property and equipment, net | $ | 252,665 | $ | 357,025 | |||||||
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 6, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 2, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 3, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 4, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Feb 3, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Jan 31, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Feb 1, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Feb 2, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Feb 10, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Jan 29, 2016 | |
About PP&E Disclosures
The PP&E disclosure details a company's physical asset base — land, buildings, machinery, and equipment — along with the depreciation methods and useful life assumptions that determine how these costs flow through the income statement. Capitalization policy thresholds reveal management's judgment on the boundary between expense and asset, directly affecting both reported earnings and asset values.
Key signals: changes in estimated useful lives or depreciation methods can materially shift reported earnings without any operational change. Compare capital expenditures against depreciation expense — when capex consistently trails depreciation, the asset base may be aging and underinvested. Watch for large asset impairments or write-downs that signal overvalued carrying amounts. Asset retirement obligations reveal future environmental or decommissioning costs that are often underappreciated. Compare PP&E intensity (PP&E-to-revenue) against industry peers to assess capital efficiency and competitive positioning.