Anthropic Doubles Claude Code Limits After Securing SpaceX Colossus 1 Capacity
Key Points
- Anthropic doubles five‑hour rate limits for Claude Code across Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans.
- Peak‑hour throttling removed for Claude Code users on Pro and Max tiers.
- API call limits for Claude Opus models increased, with new ceilings published.
- New compute agreement gives Anthropic access to all capacity at SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data centre.
- Colossus 1 adds over 300 MW of power and more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs to Anthropic’s hardware pool.
- Deal complements existing agreements with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and Fluidstack.
- Anthropic plans to explore orbital AI compute with SpaceX, though no contract is finalized.
- Company reaffirms commitment to offset electricity‑price impacts for U.S. data‑center users.
Anthropic announced on Tuesday that it is doubling five‑hour rate limits for Claude Code across its Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans and removing peak‑hour throttling for Pro and Max users. The company also lifted API limits for its Claude Opus models. The changes stem from a new compute agreement with SpaceX that gives Anthropic access to the full capacity of the Colossus 1 data centre, adding more than 300 MW of power and over 220,000 Nvidia GPUs. The boost aims to improve service for Claude Pro and Claude Max subscribers and marks another step in Anthropic’s expanding AI infrastructure partnerships.
Anthropic rolled out three immediate changes to its Claude AI services on Tuesday, signaling a major upgrade in capacity for both its chat‑based Claude Code and the Claude Opus API. The most visible shift is a doubling of the five‑hour usage windows for Claude Code on the Pro, Max, Team and seat‑based Enterprise plans. In addition, the company eliminated the peak‑hour throttling that previously limited Pro and Max accounts during high‑traffic periods. The third adjustment raises the ceiling on API calls for Claude Opus models, with the new limits published alongside the announcement.
Behind the upgrade lies a fresh compute agreement with SpaceX. Anthropic has signed to take the entire compute capacity of SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data centre, a facility that will deliver more than 300 megawatts of power and house upwards of 220,000 Nvidia GPUs within the month. The influx of hardware directly fuels the higher rate limits, allowing the firm to serve Claude Pro and Claude Max subscribers with less congestion and faster response times.
SpaceX partnership expands Anthropic’s hardware pool
The Colossus 1 deal joins a series of sizable compute commitments Anthropic has disclosed in recent months. The company already holds a up‑to‑5‑gigawatt arrangement with Amazon, slated to bring nearly 1 GW of capacity online by the end of 2026, a 5‑GW agreement with Google and Broadcom expected to start delivering power in 2027, and a strategic partnership with Microsoft and Nvidia that includes $30 billion of Azure capacity. A $50 billion investment with Fluidstack further underscores Anthropic’s aggressive push to secure AI‑specific infrastructure.
Anthropic’s hardware mix spans AWS Trainium chips, Google TPUs and Nvidia GPUs, but the new SpaceX resources represent a significant addition to that portfolio. While the firm has expressed interest in collaborating with SpaceX on orbital AI compute—a venture that could eventually deliver multiple gigawatts of processing power in space—no formal agreement on that front has been signed yet.
Beyond raw compute, Anthropic is tailoring its expansion to meet regulatory and compliance demands. Recent collaborations with Amazon will add inference capacity in Asia and Europe, addressing enterprise customers in regulated sectors that require data residency and local processing. The company says it will continue to partner only with “democratic” nations whose legal frameworks can support large‑scale AI investments.
Anthropic also reaffirmed an earlier pledge to offset any consumer electricity‑price hikes caused by its U.S. data centres, and hinted at extending that commitment as it moves into new jurisdictions. The company’s focus on deliberate, region‑specific growth aims to balance performance gains with responsible stewardship of energy resources.
For users, the headline changes are clear. Pro and Max subscribers now enjoy a doubled five‑hour usage window and no longer face throttling during peak periods. The Opus API limits have likewise risen, giving developers more leeway to integrate Claude’s capabilities into their applications. Anthropic’s statement positions the upgrades as a direct benefit of the SpaceX partnership, promising a smoother, faster experience for its growing customer base.