Company
Stonebridge Associates, Inc.
Bethesda, Md., company reported as the developer of the Fort Meade data center campus in Polk County. Its 2026 Florida lobbying registrations list the same street address Fort Meade LLC used when it gave $10,000 to Byron Donalds’ committee.
What the records show
- Registered three lobbyists of The Southern Group (Christopher Dudley, Seth McKeel, David Shepp) with the Legislature and the executive branch in January 2026, listing 7373 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 700, Bethesda, Md. (Florida Lobbyist Registration Office, “2026 legislative and executive lobbyist registrations (llob.txt, elob.txt)”, Oct. 17, 2026)
- Fort Meade LLC, filing from 7373 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 700, Bethesda, gave $10,000 to Friends of Byron Donalds PAC on June 30, 2026, and $31,500 to the People for Honor Project committee on July 16, 2026. Those contributions were made by Fort Meade LLC, not by Stonebridge Associates under its own name, and are counted only on Fort Meade LLC’s page. (Florida Division of Elections, “Campaign finance database, contribution search by contributor name, Jan. 1, 2025 to Oct. 16, 2026”, Oct. 16, 2026)
- The Tampa Bay Times reported that Fort Meade LLC shares an address with Stonebridge, the campus developer. (Tampa Bay Times (syndicated by Tribune Content Agency), “Backers of these 3 Florida data centers giving big to politicians”, Aug. 1, 2026)
- The Fort Meade campus (about 1.2 GW, about 1,300 acres) won a 20-year development agreement from the city commission, unanimously, in April 2026 and awaits a Southwest Florida Water Management District permit. (WUSF, “Fort Meade AI data center project hits roadblock over new water rules”, April 15, 2026)
- No Division of Elections contributor search under the name “Stonebridge” has been run yet (the state’s search was blocking automated requests on Oct. 17, 2026). Until it is, this page shows no contributions under Stonebridge’s own name, which is not the same as none.
Related entities
Related entityFort Meade LLCShares Stonebridge Associates’ Bethesda street address; gave $10,000 to Byron Donalds’ committee on June 30, 2026.Florida Division of Elections, “Campaign finance database, contribution search by contributor name, Jan. 1, 2025 to Oct. 16, 2026”, Oct. 16, 2026
Related entities are listed for context. Their contributions are shown on their own pages and are never added to this one.
Registered lobbyists, Florida, 2026
| Branch | Principal as registered | Lobbyist | Firm | Effective | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative | Stonebridge Associates, Inc. | Christopher Dudley | The Southern Group | 01/08/2026 | — |
| Executive | Stonebridge Associates, Inc. | Christopher Dudley | The Southern Group | 01/08/2026 | — |
| Legislative | Stonebridge Associates, Inc. | David Shepp | The Southern Group | 01/09/2026 | — |
| Executive | Stonebridge Associates, Inc. | David Shepp | The Southern Group | 01/09/2026 | — |
| Legislative | Stonebridge Associates, Inc. | Seth McKeel | The Southern Group | 01/09/2026 | — |
| Executive | Stonebridge Associates, Inc. | Seth McKeel | The Southern Group | 01/09/2026 | — |
Florida Lobbyist Registration Office, 2026 registrations, downloaded Oct. 17, 2026. Registrations name the client, not the issues lobbied; compensation reports are separate and not yet pulled.
Projects
Registration
No state registration recorded on this page yet.