The state's premier says it is a "good win" for his state, which owns much of its own electricity infrastructure, while the federal government had previously demanded states use renewables as a standard.

Queensland's rejection of rules tying data centre construction to new renewables projects means the federal government will be forced to legislate to override the state.

Under Labor’s policy set to be legislated early next year, all next-generation data centres such as those that train and power artificial intelligence agents will be required to…