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2 articles First covered May 7, 2026, latest May 7, 2026

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Anthropic doubled Claude Code's limits by renting 220,000 GPUs from xAI

Anthropic doubled Claude Code's 5-hour limits, killed peak-hours throttling, and raised Opus API tiers. The capacity comes from xAI's Colossus 1, via a SpaceX deal.

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SpaceX filed for a $55B Texas chip fab. Total Terafab spend could hit $119 billion.

SpaceX filed plans for a $55B Terafab semiconductor facility in Grimes County, Texas. Total spend could reach $119 billion across phases.