Property and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and equipment consisted of the following (in millions):



	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Land	$	153		$	45
Buildings	1,347			1,071
Leasehold improvements	279			203
Network equipment	2,704			2,351
Computer software, office equipment and other	134			95
Construction in progress	702			377
Total	5,319			4,142
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(1,616		)	(1,260		)
Property and equipment, net	$	3,703		$	2,882

Construction in progress includes costs primarily related to the expansion of our corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California, construction of data centers, and network equipment infrastructure to support our data centers around the world. No interest was capitalized during the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, and the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Interest capitalized during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was not material.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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