Anthropic raises Claude Code usage limits, credits new deal with SpaceX

Anthropic's partnership with SpaceX to access 300+ megawatts of compute capacity signals a critical shift in AI infrastructure strategy, enabling the company to double Claude's usage limits and better serve enterprise demand that has outpaced available resources. This deal, combined with recent partnerships with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, demonstrates that sustained AI capability requires securing dedicated, massive-scale compute infrastructure—a strategic imperative that will reshape vendor relationships and IT procurement decisions. For IT organizations, this underscores the urgency of evaluating AI tool providers based on their compute capacity roadmaps rather than current feature sets, as service reliability and capability scaling will increasingly depend on infrastructure partnerships.

Samuel AxonArs TechnicaMay 6, 20262 min read

SAN FRANCISCO—At its Code with Claude developer conference on Wednesday, Anthropic announced a deal with SpaceX to utilize the entire compute capacity of the latter's data center in Memphis, Tennessee. On stage at the conference, CEO Dario Amodei said the deal was intended to increase usage limits for Anthropic's Pro and Max plan subscribers. The announcement was accompanied by an increase in those usage limits; Anthropic doubled Claude Code's five-hour window limits for Pro and Max subscribers, removed the peak-hours limit reduction on Claude Code for those same accounts, and raised API limits for its Opus model. The table below outlining the Opus changes was shared in the company's blog post on the topic.Read full article Comments