AI BriefingAnthropic Doubles Claude Usage Limits with SpaceX Compute Deal
Key point
Anthropic has expanded Claude Code and API limits through a compute deal with SpaceX.
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Anthropic has significantly raised Claude Code and Claude API limits based on a compute deal and additional infrastructure agreement with SpaceX.
- The 5-hour usage limit for Claude Code on Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise has doubled.
- The reduced peak-time limits for Pro and Max accounts have been removed.
- API rate limits for the Claude Opus model have also been raised, increasing the available usage for both subscribers and API users.
Anthropic stated that it will use the entire compute capacity of SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, giving it access to over 300MW of new capacity and more than 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs within a month.
This expansion adds to existing agreements with Amazon, Google/Broadcom, Microsoft/NVIDIA, and Fluidstack. Anthropic explained that it is adding capacity while also taking into account regional infrastructure, power costs, data residency, and community investment.
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