Partnership with SpaceX Boosts Compute Capacity and Usage Limits for Claude

May 6, 2026

AI Summary

A new partnership with SpaceX will significantly enhance compute capacity, allowing for increased usage limits for Claude Code and the Claude API. The changes, effective immediately, include doubled rate limits and expanded API capabilities, aimed at improving service for enterprise customers.

A partnership with SpaceX has been established to utilize compute capacity at the Colossus 1 data center, providing over 300 megawatts of new capacity and more than 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs.
Usage limits for Claude Code are being doubled for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans, and peak hour limits are being removed for Pro and Max accounts.
API rate limits for Claude Opus models are being significantly raised.
The company is also exploring additional compute capacity through collaborations with AWS, Google, and NVIDIA, and is interested in developing orbital AI compute capacity with SpaceX.
Some capacity expansion will be international, focusing on compliance and data residency for enterprise customers in regulated industries.
The company is committed to covering consumer electricity price increases due to its US data centers and is looking to extend this commitment internationally while investing in local communities.

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Partnership with SpaceX Boosts Compute Capacity and Usage Limits for Claude

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