Anthropic signs Elon Musk's SpaceX for Colossus 1 compute ahead of June IPO

Tech Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Anthropic signs Elon Musk's SpaceX for Colossus 1 compute ahead of June IPO The Claude maker said Tuesday it would use all the compute capacity at SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, the latest partnership stitched onto its AI infrastructure buildout. By Shaurya Malwa May 6, 2026, 6:20 p.m. 2 min read Make preferred on What to know : Anthropic has signed a deal to use all compute capacity at SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data center, securing access to more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs within a month. The agreement immediately boosts Anthropic’s Claude services, raising Claude Opus API rate limits and doubling Claude Code’s five-hour limits for paid and enterprise customers. The partnership comes just weeks before SpaceX’s planned IPO, bolstering its pitch as an AI infrastructure provider while Anthropic pursues broader global expansion and explores orbital compute collaborations. Anthropic just made Elon Musk's SpaceX a key supplier to its AI ambitions, and the timing is hard to miss. The Claude maker said Tuesday it had signed a deal to tap all of the compute capacity at SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, locking in access to more than 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs within the month. The agreement directly expands what Anthropic can serve to Claude Pro and Claude Max subscribers, with Claude Opus API rate limits raised significantly and Claude Code's five-hour rate limits doubled for Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans, all effective Tuesday. The Colossus 1 deal is the latest in a growing stack of Anthropic compute partnerships. The company has previously signed an up to 5 gigawatt agreement with Amazon that includes nearly 1 gigawatt of new capacity by year-end, a 5 gigawatt deal with Google and Broadcom that comes online in 2027, a Microsoft-NVIDIA strategic partnership covering $30 billion of Azure capacity, and a $50 billion U.S. AI infrastructure investment with Fluidstack. Anthropic also flagged interest in partnering with SpaceX on orbital AI compute capacity, expanding the relationship beyond terrestrial data centers. The timing matters because SpaceX is weeks away from going public. The Musk-led firm filed confidentially with the SEC on April 1 for an IPO targeting a $1.75 trillion to $2 trillion valuation, with the public S-1 expected by late May and the roadshow set for the week of June 8. Adding Anthropic as a named compute customer ahead of the listing strengthens SpaceX's pitch as more than a launch and Starlink business, with AI infrastructure now a disclosed revenue line. The deal also lands as Anthropic continues international expansion to meet data residency requirements in regulated industries. More For You The end of ads: Coinbase engineer says AI agents could kill the internet’s favorite business model By Margaux Nijkerk | Edited by Jamie Crawley 1 hour ago Erik Reppel, who created the x402 protocol, said that the web economy depends heavily on advertising revenue generated from humans. AI agents bypass that system entirely. What to know : Coinbase Developer Platform head Erik Reppel said at Consensus Miami 2026 that AI agents could disrupt the internet’s ad-based business model because autonomous software ignores online ads entirely. Reppel argued that crypto-powered micropayments and Coinbase-backed x402 could help create a new “internet-native” payment system where AI agents automatically pay for... Read full story Latest Crypto News Eric Trump takes shot at JPMorgan rethinking bitcoin after 'crapping' on asset 14 minutes ago The time is now: the Senate must act on crypto market structure legislation 56 minutes ago Bermuda pushes stablecoin payments with USDC airdrop as it courts crypto firms, regulators 1 hour ago Crypto bill won't move without a ban on officials' industry ties, says U.S. Senator Gillibrand 1 hour ago The end of ads: Coinbase engineer says AI agents could kill the internet’s favorite business model 1 hour ago Kevin O’Leary says Wall Street’s tokenization boom is all talk without crypto rules 1 hour ago Top Stories Bullish’s Equiniti deal could remake it into a tokenization powerhouse, Clear Street says 6 hours ago Bitcoin moves above $82,000 while ZEC and DASH post double-digit rallies 7 hours ago Morgan Stanley brings crypto trading with lower fees than rivals 5 hours ago Consensus Miami Day 2: Real-time coverage and highlights from on the ground 3 hours ago Crypto derivatives have converged with Wall Street. Equity perps could soon prove it. 10 hours ago Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says Clarity better than chaos as Senate hits key moment May 5, 2026