CLAIM #7398 · Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) · 2024Q4 earnings call · Feb 6, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2025
“we anticipate this will increase full-year 2025 operating income by approximately $900 million.”
Brian Olsavsky · CFO
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“easing the useful life for a subset of our servers and networking equipment from six years to five years beginning in January 2025. We anticipate this will decrease full-year 2025 operating income by approximately $700 million. In addition, we also early-retired a subset of our servers and network equipment. We recorded a Q4 2024 expense of approximately $920 million from accelerated depreciation and related charges and expect this will also decrease full-year 2025 operating income by. Both of these server and network equipment use for life changes primarily impact our AWS segment. Lastly, we also completed a useful life study for certain types of heavy equipment used in our fulfillment centers. And are increasing the useful life from ten years to thirteen years beginning in January 2025, we anticipate this will increase full-year 2025 operating income by approximately $900 million. As we turn the page to 2025, we're energized by the great work our teams have delivered. We'll remain focused on driving even better customer experiences, and we believe putting customers first is the only reliable way to create lasting value for our shareholders. With that, let's move on to your questions. Operator: At this time, we will now open the call up for questions. If you would like to ask a question, we ask that when you pose your question, you pick up your handsets to provide optimum sound quality. Once again, to initiate a question, please hold while we poll for questions. Thank you. Our first question comes from the line of Mark Mahaney with Evercore ISI. Please proceed with your question. Mark Mahaney: Thanks. Two quick questions. So, Brian, that's $100 billion CapEx we shou”
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