Amazon Purchase Obligations

## What this measures

Amazon's purchase obligations at each balance-sheet date, in U.S. dollars (billions), as first reported. Long-term agreements to acquire and license digital media content, procure energy and license software (unrecorded purchase obligations for that category), from each 10-Q and 10-K instance from the third quarter of 2024; before that the undimensioned unrecorded purchase obligation total, which covered the same agreements.

## Why it matters

The AI build-out is financed three ways: cash, debt and commitments that stay off the balance sheet until the asset arrives. Leases signed for data centers that are not yet built, and purchase commitments for chips and capacity, are obligations a company has already taken on.

## How to read it

Readings are dated at the company's own quarter ends. Compare the level with the company's total debt: these commitments can be larger.

## What it does not say

Amounts are undiscounted future payments as the company discloses them; tagging differs between companies, so compare each company with its own history before comparing companies. A filing that does not disclose the line gives no reading.

## Source

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR: the XBRL instance document of each 10-Q and 10-K, which carries the dimensioned and company-extension facts SEC's companyfacts API leaves out; calculated by Palanor. SEC filings are public information: "Information presented on sec.gov is considered public information and may be copied or further distributed by users of the web site without the SEC's permission" (sec.gov/privacy).