Anthropic Signs SpaceX Colossus Compute Deal, Doubles Claude Code Rate Limits
Anthropic
Anthropic signed a compute partnership with SpaceX granting access to the full Colossus 1 data center — over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs and 300+ MW — announced at the 'Code with Claude' developer conference in San Francisco on May 6. Immediately, Claude Code's five-hour rate limits were doubled for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans, peak-hour throttling eliminated for Pro and Max, and API rate limits for Claude Opus models raised substantially (up to 1,500% for Tier 1 input tokens per minute).
Why it matters
Anthropic has repeatedly cited compute scarcity as the primary constraint on Claude Code limits; the SpaceX deal removes that ceiling for developer plans and signals aggressive infrastructure expansion ahead of a reported June IPO.
Importance: 4/5
Major infrastructure deal removing Claude Code compute constraints; direct user-facing rate limit doubling for all developer plans