Commitments and Contingencies - Commitments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Long-term debt principal and interest
2025	$ 6,630
2026	4,501
2027	10,446
2028	3,686
2029	4,387
Thereafter	57,817
Total	87,467
Operating lease liabilities
2025	10,058
2026	11,817
2027	10,808
2028	9,815
2029	9,070
Thereafter	46,025
Total operating lease liabilities	97,593	$ 95,294
Finance lease liabilities, including interest
2025	1,183
2026	1,468
2027	1,301
2028	1,137
2029	1,028
Thereafter	6,135
Total finance lease liabilities	12,252	12,520
Financing obligations, including interest
2025	345
2026	519
2027	527
2028	536
2029	544
Thereafter	6,440
Total	8,911
Other commitments
2025	2,477
2026	1,678
2027	1,066
2028	950
2029	830
Thereafter	11,523
Total	18,524
Total commitments
2025	30,900
2026	33,943
2027	36,766
2028	26,634
2029	26,122
Thereafter	202,951
Total	357,316
Financing obligations, current	275	312
Financing obligations, noncurrent	$ 7,100	$ 7,100
Financing obligations, weighted-average remaining term	15 years 9 months 18 days	16 years 1 month 6 days
Financing obligations, weighted-average imputed interest rate	3.10%	3.10%
Accrued tax contingencies	$ 6,300	$ 6,500
Leases not yet commenced
Leases not yet commenced and Unconditional purchase obligations
2025	2,116
2026	4,017
2027	5,142
2028	4,591
2029	4,628
Thereafter	46,707
Total	67,201
Unconditional purchase obligations
Leases not yet commenced and Unconditional purchase obligations
2025	8,091
2026	9,943
2027	7,476
2028	5,919
2029	5,635
Thereafter	28,304
Total	$ 65,368

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