Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Amazon.com fourth quarter 2024 financial results teleconference. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the presentation, we will conduct a question-and-answer session.

Amazon faced ~900 Mn FX headwind in 4Q’24 which was ~700 mn higher than assumed. For the third consecutive quarter, AWS grew 19% YoY. Despite the North America segment being more than 2.5x the size of the International segment, it grew by 10% whereas international revenue increased by 9%.

The revenue figure for AWS can be found in Amazon’s Q4 2024 earnings report. Amazon Web Services, which provides server infrastructure for countless games, websites, and streaming services, brought in $28.8 billion in revenue, accounting for a solid chunk of the company’s overall $187.8 billion for the quarter.

Amazon is the world's largest cloud provider and, like Microsoft and Google, is furiously investing in building out its AI infrastructure capabilities to meet demand. In Q3, CEO Andy Jassy told shareholders the company planned to spend $75 billion on capital expenditures in 2024, and even more in 2025.

Amazon delivered a strong set of financial results in the fourth quarter, with revenue in the holiday span rising 10% from a year ago to $187.8 billion and earnings nearly doubling to $1.86. Shares in the tech giant slumped on the earnings news,

Amazon’s Q4 2024 earnings call will take place today at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. We’ll be streaming it on the Shacknews YouTube channel. You can also find it on Amazon’s investor relations website.