GitHub Cost Centers Now Support AI Credit Pools
GitHub has introduced AI credit pools for cost centers, enabling organizations to cap monthly included AI credit usage per cost center. This feature prevents one cost center from exhausting shared credits, ensuring usage aligns with assigned licenses and maintains chargeback boundaries. It is available via the REST API for Copilot Business and Enterprise on GitHub Enterprise Cloud, with UI management coming soon.
- →Cap AI Credit Usage Per Cost Center
- →Automatic Pool Limit Calculation
- →Control Behavior on Reaching AI Credit Cap
- →AI Credit Pools Complement Cost Center Budgets
Features (2) ›
- Cap AI Credit Usage Per Cost Center
Organizations can now limit the amount of included AI credits a cost center can consume monthly. This feature ensures usage aligns with assigned Copilot Business and Enterprise licenses, maintaining chargeback accuracy.
- Automatic Pool Limit Calculation
The AI credit pool limit is calculated automatically based on the licenses assigned to a cost center. This value adjusts dynamically as licenses are added or removed, eliminating manual configuration.
Enhancements (1) ›
- Control Behavior on Reaching AI Credit Cap
When a cost center reaches its AI credit pool cap, administrators can choose to either block further included usage or allow it to continue as additional spend, provided enterprise overages are permitted.
Notes (1) ›
- AI Credit Pools Complement Cost Center Budgets
AI credit pools govern included AI usage, separate from cost center budgets which manage metered spend after the pool is exhausted. Both can be utilized simultaneously for comprehensive spend control.
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-02-cost-centers-now-support-included-usage-caps