Cash purchases of property and equipment (data centres, servers, networking) of Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft, per calendar quarter, in US$ billions, from their SEC filings (XBRL). Same accounting line for all four; excludes assets acquired under finance leases, so it can be lower than the 'capex including finance leases' some companies quote. Shown side by side, not summed: the companies' scopes differ.· Same accounting line for the four companies (cash purchases of property and equipment, SEC filings). Excludes finance leases. Shown side by side, not summed. Some quarters are the difference of two year-to-date figures.· Licence : SEC filings · public records
77.26USD bn
Amazon · Q3 2026
MicrosoftMetaAmazonGoogle
Source: SEC EDGAR: XBRL company facts (10-Q / 10-K)· Data Q3 2026Source type : Private
