diff --git a/src/pkgdefaults.jl b/src/pkgdefaults.jl
index 5d30aa57..52e6c9a4 100644
--- a/src/pkgdefaults.jl
+++ b/src/pkgdefaults.jl
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 @dimension 𝚯 "𝚯" Temperature    # This one is \bfTheta
 @dimension 𝐉 "𝐉" Luminosity
 @dimension 𝐍 "𝐍" Amount
+@dimension 𝐛 "𝐛" Information
 const RelativeScaleTemperature = Quantity{T, 𝚯, <:AffineUnits} where T
 const AbsoluteScaleTemperature = Quantity{T, 𝚯, <:ScalarUnits} where T
 
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ const AbsoluteScaleTemperature = Quantity{T, 𝚯, <:ScalarUnits} where T
 @refunit  cd      "cd"     Candela   𝐉            true
 @refunit  g       "g"      Gram      𝐌           true
 @refunit  mol     "mol"    Mole      𝐍           true
+@refunit  b       "b"      Bit       𝐛           false
 
 # Angles and solid angles
 @unit sr      "sr"      Steradian   1                       true
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ end
 # The hectare is used more frequently than any other power-of-ten of an are.
 @unit a      "a"        Are         100m^2                  false
 const ha = Unitful.FreeUnits{(Unitful.Unit{:Are, 𝐋^2}(2, 1//1),), 𝐋^2}()
-@unit b      "b"        Barn        100fm^2                 true
+@unit bn     "bn"       Barn        100fm^2                 true
 
 # Volume
 # `l` is also an acceptable symbol for liters
@@ -216,11 +218,29 @@ const Å = Å = angstrom
 # Pressure
 @unit psi       "psi"      PoundsPerSquareInch  1lbf/inch^2             false
 
+# Data
+@unit      B    "B"        Byte              8b          false
+# deciBytes can be a problem with deciBels, and we don't actually care about orders < 1
+# Instead define all units in common use
+# Overflow warning:
+#  Gigascale and above likely exceed Int32
+#  Exascale likely exceeds Int64
+# Omitting ZB and YB: Julia interprets literal as Float64, which causes rounding errors
+@unit      kB   "kB"       KiloByte          8_000b      false
+@unit      MB   "MB"       MegaByte          8_000_000b     false
+@unit      GB   "GB"       GigaByte          8_000_000_000b     false
+@unit      TB   "TB"       TeraByte          8_000_000_000_000b    false
+@unit      PB   "PB"       PetaByte          8_000_000_000_000_000b    false
+@unit      EB   "EB"       ExaByte           8_000_000_000_000_000_000b    false
+# Data rate
+@unit      bps  "bps"      BitPerSecond      1b/s         true
+@unit      Bps  "Bps"      BytePerSecond     8b/s         true
+
 #########
 # Logarithmic scales and units
 
 @logscale dB    "dB"       Decibel      10      10      false
-@logscale B     "B"        Bel          10      1       false
+@logscale bel   "Bel"      Bel          10      1       false
 @logscale Np    "Np"       Neper        ℯ       1//2    true
 @logscale cNp   "cNp"      Centineper   ℯ       50      true
 
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index b28e96e0..65d2d5c3 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import Unitful:
     ms, s, minute, hr, d, yr, Hz,
     J, A, N, mol, V,
     mW, W,
+    B, kB, MB, GB, TB, PB, EB,
     dB, dB_rp, dB_p, dBm, dBV, dBSPL, Decibel,
     Np, Np_rp, Np_p, Neper
 
@@ -300,6 +301,16 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+@testset "Data prefixes" begin
+    # Ensure manually setting the SI prefixes was consistent
+    @test 1kB/B  == 1_000
+    @test 1MB/kB == 1_000
+    @test 1GB/MB == 1_000
+    @test 1TB/GB == 1_000
+    @test 1PB/TB == 1_000
+    @test 1EB/PB == 1_000
+end
+
 @testset "Promotion" begin
     @testset "> Unit preferences" begin
         # Only because we favor SI, we have the following: