tech
May 6, 2026
Anthropic’s Claude usage limits are getting a boost after compute deals with SpaceX and others.
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.
TL;DR
- Anthropic is doubling five-hour rate limits for many Claude Code users.
- The peak hours limit reduction for Claude Code is being removed.
- API rate limits for Claude Opus models are significantly increasing.
- These changes are possible due to a new deal with SpaceX for compute capacity at their Colossus 1 data center in Memphis.
- This follows recent announcements with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft regarding capacity.