Capital expenditure · 2011–2025

Meta Platforms capital expenditure

$69.7B+87.1% · FY2025

Meta Platforms (META) reported $69.7B in capital expenditure for fiscal 2025, +87.1% year on year.

$606M2011$1.2B2012$1.4B2013$1.8B2014$2.5B2015$4.5B2016$6.7B2017$13.9B2018$15.1B2019$15.2B2020$18.7B2021$31.2B2022$27.0B2023$37.3B2024$69.7B2025
Meta Platforms — Capital expenditure, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearCapital expenditureChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$69.7B+87.1%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$37.3B+37.8%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$27.0B−13.3%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$31.2B+66.9%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$18.7B+23.3%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$15.2B+0.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$15.1B+8.5%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$13.9B+106.7%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$6.7B+49.9%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$4.5B+78.0%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$2.5B+37.8%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$1.8B+34.4%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$1.4B+10.3%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$1.2B+103.8%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$606M—Open →

Capital expenditure — Capital expenditure is the cash the company spent during the year on property, plant and equipment — factories, stores, servers, vehicles. It appears in the investing section of the cash-flow statement as an outflow and is shown here as a positive amount. Operating cash flow minus this figure is free cash flow.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +40.3%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Meta Platforms capital expenditure}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/meta-platforms/capital-expenditure}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001628280-26-003942 · January 29, 2026

{{cite web |title=Meta Platforms capital expenditure — 10-K (0001628280-26-003942) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000162828026003942/meta-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-01-29}}

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