You obviously are not a big fan of TNG Don Andy.
Data himself managed to create himself a daughter in the mid TNG serie, and she was called Lowe if I'm not mistaken (meaning Love in another language). She died after some time from a malfunction as she managed to overcome some of Data limitations and in the end she managed to "feel" basic feelings without the proper chip.
Considering the marvelous breakthru the Federation and Voyager get thru, it's extremely easy to assume they'll be able to create new Data's in no time. The main point would be that Data been recognized as a sentient life form thanks to Picard often given help on the matter, and they can't just build new Data's or Sung androids replicata and use them as robots or cheap workforce... They would need to treat them as a distinct race. I beleives that's already what was happening with Data.
So, to resume this... The only thing needed is the ressources and time to do it. In the ST universe, practically nothing is impossible given enough time.
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