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Anthropic is doubling Claude Code rate limits after agreement with SpaceX
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Anthropic and SpaceX have struck a deal to allow the company behind Claude to use xAI's Colossus 1 data center.
Key facts
- The arrangement with SpaceX allows Anthropic to use "all the compute capacity" at SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, which will add more than 300 megawatts of new capacity "within the month
- Anthropic and SpaceX have struck a deal to allow the company behind Claude to use xAI's Colossus 1 data center
- It's also removing the "peak hours" restrictions for Pro and Max users, and increasing the API rate limits "considerably" for Claude Opus models
- Musk recently called Anthropic "misanthropic and evil," and has long been critical of its CEO Dario Amodei
Summary
The arrangement with SpaceX allows Anthropic to use "all the compute capacity" at SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, which will add more than 300 megawatts of new capacity "within the month. SpaceX recently filed paperwork with the FCC indicating it wanted to launch a million satellites to create an orbital data center. Paid users of Claude Code (which includes people on Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans) should see immediate benefits from the deal. By way of background for those who care, the reporter spent a lot of time last week with senior members of the Anthropic team to understand what they do to ensure Claude is good for humanity and was impressed. Everyone the reporter met was highly competent and cared a great deal about.