Anthropic is doubling five-hour rate limits for many Claude Code users, removing Claude Code’s peak hours limit reduction, and significantly increasing API rate limits for Claude Opus models, starting today. It credits the capacity to a new deal with SpaceX “to use all of the compute capacity at their Colossus 1 data center” in Memphis, noting recent announcements with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. [Link: Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX | https://www.anthropic.com/news/higher-limits-spacex | Anthropic]

The company announced a number of changes that could address recent complaints about usage limits.

Anthropic is doubling five-hour rate limits for many Claude Code users, removing Claude Code’s peak hours limit reduction, and significantly increasing API rate limits for Claude…

Anthropic is taking over the full computing capacity of SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, more than 300 megawatts and over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs, expected to come online within a…

Anthropic to use all 300 MW of compute from SpaceX's Colossus 1 data centre in Memphis, Tennessee, as it seeks to ease capacity crunch

Anthropic's latest compute deals will allow it to increase usage limits for Claude Code and Claude API for paying users.