Amazon arranges up to $80 billion in financing for infrastructure purchases

First reported by The Information at · Updated · 4 sources

The supplier financing arrangements allow borrowing against purchased hardware, helping preserve financial flexibility as Amazon spends on AI infrastructure, according to Bloomberg. Quartz reports that borrowing can begin in the first quarter of 2027 and that the company's free cash flow was negative $42.4 billion over the preceding 12 months.

  • The facility was disclosed in Amazon's third-quarter results filing, according to The Information.

Covered by 4 publishers within 7 hours of the first report.

Reporting4

The Information Amazon Discloses New Up To $80 Billion Supplier Financing Loan · Catherine Perloff
Bloomberg Amazon Taps $80 Billion Supplier Loan Facility to Help Fund AI · Matt Day and Ed Ludlow
Quartz Amazon is setting up a loan facility of up to $80 billion to fund AI hardware · Cris Tolomia
The Next Web Amazon can now borrow up to $80B against the AI hardware it buys · Ana-Maria Stanciuc

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