tech
May 6, 2026
Anthropic adds SpaceX compute and raises Opus API rate limits
Claude Code’s five-hour rate limits double across Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans from Tuesday, with peak-hours throttling removed for Pro and Max. The capacity behind the change is a new Anthropic agreement to take all of SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data centre.
TL;DR
- Claude Code's five-hour rate limits are doubling for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans.
- Peak-hours throttling is being removed for Pro and Max plans.
- The change is enabled by Anthropic's agreement to use all of SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data center.