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Leases (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Lease Expenses | The components of lease expenses were as follows (in millions):
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
Finance lease cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of right-of-use assets (1) | $ | 47 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 138 |  |  | $ | 135 |
Interest on lease liabilities | 30 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 91 |  |  | 83 |
Total finance lease cost | 77 |  |  | 72 |  |  | 229 |  |  | 218 |
Operating lease cost | 60 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 178 |  |  | 169 |
Variable lease cost | 26 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 67 |  |  | 58 |
Total lease cost | $ | 163 |  |  | $ | 150 |  |  | $ | 474 |  |  | $ | 445 |
(1) Amortization of right-of-use assets is included within depreciation expense, and is recorded within cost of revenues, sales and marketing and general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Schedule of Other Information Related to Leases | Other information related to leases is presented in the following tables (in millions):
| Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2025 |  | 2024
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |  |  |
Operating cash flows from finance leases | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | 80 |
Operating cash flows from operating leases | 169 |  |  | 154 |
Financing cash flows from finance leases | 111 |  |  | 101 |
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: (1) |  |  |
Finance leases | $ | 121 |  |  | $ | 228 |
Operating leases | 74 |  |  | 144 |
| September 30, 2025 |  | December 31, 2024
Weighted-average remaining lease term - finance leases (2) | 13 years |  | 14 years
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (2) | 12 years |  | 12 years
Weighted-average discount rate - finance leases | 6 | % |  | 6 | %
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases | 5 | % |  | 5 | %
Finance lease right-of-use assets (3) | $ | 2,225 |  |  | $ | 2,158 |
(1)Represents all non-cash changes in right-of-use assets. (2)Includes lease renewal options that are reasonably certain to be exercised. (3)As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we have recorded accumulated amortization of finance lease right-of-use assets of $1.1 billion and $964 million, respectively. Finance lease assets are recorded within property, plant and equipment, net in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Schedule of Maturities of Lease Liabilities | The maturities of our lease liabilities as of September 30, 2025 are as follows (in millions):
| Operating Leases |  | Finance Leases |  | Total
2025 (3 months remaining) | $ | 49 |  |  | $ | 62 |  |  | $ | 111 |
2026 | 232 |  |  | 274 |  |  | 506 |
2027 | 214 |  |  | 278 |  |  | 492 |
2028 | 182 |  |  | 266 |  |  | 448 |
2029 | 152 |  |  | 257 |  |  | 409 |
Thereafter | 1,216 |  |  | 2,173 |  |  | 3,389 |
Total lease payments | 2,045 |  |  | 3,310 |  |  | 5,355 |
Less imputed interest | (552) |  |  | (1,013) |  |  | (1,565) |
Total | $ | 1,493 |  |  | $ | 2,297 |  |  | $ | 3,790 |
Schedule of Maturities of Lease Liabilities | The maturities of our lease liabilities as of September 30, 2025 are as follows (in millions):
| Operating Leases |  | Finance Leases |  | Total
2025 (3 months remaining) | $ | 49 |  |  | $ | 62 |  |  | $ | 111 |
2026 | 232 |  |  | 274 |  |  | 506 |
2027 | 214 |  |  | 278 |  |  | 492 |
2028 | 182 |  |  | 266 |  |  | 448 |
2029 | 152 |  |  | 257 |  |  | 409 |
Thereafter | 1,216 |  |  | 2,173 |  |  | 3,389 |
Total lease payments | 2,045 |  |  | 3,310 |  |  | 5,355 |
Less imputed interest | (552) |  |  | (1,013) |  |  | (1,565) |
Total | $ | 1,493 |  |  | $ | 2,297 |  |  | $ | 3,790 |

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