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Own-Account IT Equipment Investment, Accessible Data

Figure 1. U.S. Company Capital Expenditure: Selected IT Service Providers

$ Billion
Year Cloud Service Provider Capital Expenditure Telecom Service Provider Capital Expenditure IT Service Provider Capital Expenditure
1997 7.95 42.37 50.33
1998 7.94 46.48 54.41
1999 7.58 61.21 68.79
2000 7.49 75.66 83.15
2001 7.72 76.99 84.71
2002 6.47 49.77 56.24
2003 6.64 40.71 47.35
2004 7.09 40.93 48.02
2005 7.38 44.72 52.11
2006 10.68 51.43 62.10
2007 12.31 50.25 62.57
2008 13.55 49.40 62.95
2009 10.64 44.77 55.40
2010 16.38 47.41 63.79
2011 19.81 47.65 67.46
2012 26.59 49.71 76.30
2013 32.71 52.62 85.32
2014 41.98 54.22 96.20
2015 43.36 52.19 95.54
2016 51.62 49.05 100.67

Source: Authors' tabulation of company financial filings.

Note: Included cloud service providers meet Cisco definition of hyperscale. Included telecommunications service providers are AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile US, Century Link and related companies. See endnote viii for detail.

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Figure 2. Capital Expenditure, Selected U.S. IT Service Providers and NIPA Nominal IT Equipment Investment

Year IT Provider Capital Expenditure, scaled by GDP (Percent) NIPA IT Equipment Investment, share of Nominal GDP
1997 0.58 1.87
1998 0.60 1.92
1999 0.71 2.03
2000 0.81 2.20
2001 0.80 1.85
2002 0.51 1.49
2003 0.41 1.39
2004 0.39 1.34
2005 0.40 1.25
2006 0.45 1.28
2007 0.43 1.29
2008 0.43 1.17
2009 0.38 1.06
2010 0.43 1.10
2011 0.43 0.99
2012 0.47 0.98
2013 0.51 0.98
2014 0.55 0.97
2015 0.53 0.97
2016 0.55 0.96

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis. Authors' tabulation of company financial reports.

Note: IT equipment investment includes communications equipment, computers and peripherals. Included cloud service providers meet Cisco definition of hyperscale. Telecommunications service providers include AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile US, Century Link and related companies. See endnote v for detail.

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Figure 3. IT Service Industry use of Electronic Components versus IT Equipment Investment

$ Billion
Year NIPA IT Equipment Investment by IT Service Industries Use of Electronic Components by IT Service Industries
1998 97 12
1999 104 16
2000 131 21
2001 178 17
2002 154 16
2003 102 17
2004 95 19
2005 103 20
2006 104 23
2007 128 27
2008 143 28
2009 131 31
2010 114 40
2011 129 49
2012 126 52
2013 125 53
2014 129 61
2015 130 59

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Note: IT service industries include BEA input-output industry groups 511 (Publishing industries, except internet (includes software)), 513 (Broadcasting and telecommunications), 514 (data processing, internet publishing, and other information services), and 5415 (computer systems design and related services).

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Figure 4. Private IT Equipment Investment Augmented by Own-Account Investment

$ Billion
Year NIPA NIPA plus IT Services
1997 161.38 171.98
1998 174.94 186.68
1999 195.97 212.02
2000 226.50 247.66
2001 196.66 213.97
2002 163.46 179.24
2003 159.64 176.69
2004 164.88 183.59
2005 163.18 183.09
2006 177.61 200.24
2007 187.14 214.56
2008 172.55 200.14
2009 152.69 183.73
2010 164.41 204.63
2011 153.22 202.59
2012 157.90 210.19
2013 162.81 215.49
2014 168.90 230.08
2015 174.32 232.89

Source: Authors' elaboration of Bureau of Economic Analysis input-output accounts.

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Last Update: October 04, 2017