Reduce allocation overhead of no-op `GeospatialStatistics.Builder`
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Description
### Describe the enhancement requested
`GeospatialStatistics.noopBuilder()` is called for every non-geometry column in every row group. Today, each call allocates a new `NoopBuilder` (plus a `WKBReader`, `BoundingBox`, and `GeospatialTypes` that are never used), and each `build()` allocates a new `GeospatialStatistics(null, null)` that is immediately discarded.
Since `NoopBuilder` carries no state and all its methods are no-ops, it can be a singleton. Its `build()` result is equally stateless (null fields, with merge/abort guarded by null checks), so it can be cached too.
### Proposed Changes
- Make `NoopBuilder` a singleton via a static `INSTANCE` field
- Cache `build()` output as a static `EMPTY` instance
- Add a package-private super constructor that skips field initialization so the singleton doesn't allocate unused objects
This eliminates per-column-per-row-group allocations on the common path where geospatial statistics are disabled.
### Component(s)
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