Recently, leading company in the artificial intelligence field, Anthropic (referred to as "A Company"), announced a major update: thanks to a significant breakthrough in computing power, the 5-hour usage quota rate for all paid Claude subscription users will be doubled. This means that users of Claude Code Pro, Claude Max, Claude Team, and enterprise versions will now receive double the response speed within their original usage cycles.
The core of this upgrade is not only about increased speed, but also the end of "peak-time limitations." Previously, to balance server load, paid users often experienced reduced speeds during peak usage times. Now, with the resolution of the computing power bottleneck, this restriction has been completely removed. Meanwhile, the call rate for the Claude Opus API for developers has also been significantly increased, aiming to provide more stable support for intensive development scenarios.
The "Cross-border Support" Behind the Computing Power: Elon Musk's Colossus Computing Cluster
A Company's generous return to users is backed by a deep cooperation agreement with SpaceX. It is reported that due to excess capacity in xAI's artificial intelligence data center under Elon Musk's ownership, these top-tier hardware resources have been leased to A Company through the SpaceX platform.
Currently, A Company has officially connected to the Colossus 1 supercomputing center located in Memphis, USA, and has been granted access to its full 300 megawatts of computing power. The introduction of this computing power "resource" has precisely solved the long-standing problem of computing resource shortages for Claude Code due to a surge in user numbers, making previous measures of "rationing" a thing of the past.
From Ground to Space: Future Use of Orbital AI Data Centers
More notably, A Company's collaboration with SpaceX has not stopped on the ground. The two companies have begun joint development of a "space-based artificial intelligence data center" with a scale of several gigawatts. Although this project is still in its early stages, its vision is extremely ambitious: SpaceX plans to use the endless solar energy available in space environments in the coming years to provide continuous and low-cost power supply for these servers floating in orbit.
This approach of seeking solutions at the physical level not only demonstrates A Company's determination to maintain rapid product expansion, but also suggests that the second half of the competition in artificial intelligence may shift from traditional ground-based data centers to the vastness of space.
For regular subscription users, the most direct change has already occurred - smoother interaction, higher quotas, and no longer restricted peak hours. The user experience of Claude has entered a new stage.
