Colt DCS and RMZ Corporation have partnered on a $1.7 billion venture to bolster India’s digital infrastructure, meeting the surging demand in the country’s growing digital economy.

Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., has signed a long-term lease deal for a 381,000-square-foot data centre in Navi Mumbai for the next 28 years, as it expands its cloud infrastructure in India to meet surging demand in one of its key growth regions.