Anthropic Partners with SpaceX for Major Compute Expansion, Doubles Claude Code Usage Limits

Summary

Anthropic announced a strategic partnership with SpaceX to access over 300 megawatts of new compute capacity (220,000+ NVIDIA GPUs) from SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, available within the month. This partnership, combined with previous megawatt-scale agreements with Amazon (5GW), Google and Broadcom (5GW), Microsoft and NVIDIA ($30B Azure capacity), and Fluidstack ($50B infrastructure commitment), represents Anthropic's multi-billion-dollar infrastructure investment to support growing demand for Claude services.

Effective immediately, Anthropic implemented three changes to capitalize on expanded capacity: Claude Code users on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans now have doubled five-hour rate limits; peak hours rate reductions have been removed for Pro and Max accounts; and API rate limits for Claude Opus have been significantly increased. These improvements directly benefit the company's most dedicated users and strengthen overall service reliability and performance.

Beyond capacity expansion, Anthropic emphasized responsible infrastructure development, committing to partner only with democratic countries whose legal and regulatory frameworks align with the company's standards. The company has pledged to cover consumer electricity price increases caused by its US data centers and is exploring ways to extend these environmental commitments internationally while partnering with local communities to invest in regions hosting its facilities.

• Company prioritizes responsible expansion with environmental commitments and compliance-focused international infrastructure deployment