Data's brother Lore had previously worked with the Borg, and he likely would have been a better choice for the Borg Queen's plot to destroy humanity.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Star Trek: First Contact introduced the Borg Queen in the Star Trek: The Next Generation films, and she immediately took a liking to Lt. Commander Data , but his evil brother Lore may have been her true target. In First Contact, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the USS Enterprise-E must stop the Borg from time-traveling and assimilating Earth in the past. Upon arriving in 2063, the Borg invade the Enterprise and capture Data.
Introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1, Data's brother Lore was the opposite of Data in almost every way. He was deceitful, arrogant, and self-centered, and believed himself superior to all biological life. After stealing the emotion chip meant for Data, Lore returned with a plan to destroy the Federation. In Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6, episode 26, "Descent," Lore returns to the Enterprise as the self-appointed leader of a group of Borg drones.
It's possible that Lore's Borg alliance so impressed the Borg Queen that she wanted him to join her. However, since Lore was permanently deactivated after the events of the TNG two-parter "Descent," the Borg Queen settled for Data, incorrectly assuming that he would also want to work with her. Anyone who knows Data knows that he would never knowingly betray his friends.
The Borg Queen Passed Up Data In Star Trek: Picard Season 3 By the time of Star Trek: Picard season 3, the Borg Queen seems to have moved on from Data and Lore. After being severely weakened by Captain Kathryn Janeway in the finale of Star Trek: Voyager, the Borg Queen formed an alliance with the Changelings in order to destroy the United Federation of Planets. Since Data died in Star Trek: Nemesis and again in Picard season 1, the Borg Queen may not even have known that Data had returned.
Perhaps the Borg Queen learned her lesson from Star Trek: First Contact, and chose to ally with other enemies of the Federation rather than try to coerce someone to switch sides. In Star Trek: Picard season 3, the Borg Queen had the chance to capture Data again using her Changeling minion Vadic , but she showed no interest in the newly upgraded android. After receiving his new golem body in Picard season 3, Data would not have been tempted by anything the Borg Queen could offer anyway.