Amazon disclosed in its third-quarter 10-Q a secured loan facility of up to about $80.0 billion, backed by data center equipment, a financing tool it had never used before. Borrowings can be drawn at its discretion from Q1 2027 through Q3 2028 at variable rates, and none has been drawn yet. Trailing-twelve-month operating cash flow rose 29% to $168.3 billion, but free cash flow was an outflow of $42.4 billion, while Andy Jassy expects 2026 cash capex of about $220 billion. Long-term debt reached $173.1 billion as of September 30, up from $65.6 billion at the end of 2025. Still, AWS revenue grew 39% to $46.0 billion in the quarter, with a backlog of $578 billion.
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| Market | US stocks |
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