Scaling Laws for Classical Machine Learning on Tabular Data: A Benchmark Study

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence workloads has generated an unprecedented demand for secure and scalable compute resources. However, centralized cloud providers continue to dominate both pricing and security models. In an increasingly competitive AI landscape, where the compromise of training data or model weights can confer a significant advantage, there is a critical need for a computing infrastructure that safeguards data at rest, in transit, and in use, while remaining affordable and broadly accessible. Furthermore, existing GPU cluster offerings (e.g., 8xH100s, 8xH200s, 8xB200s) create financial barriers that limit access for organizations, startups, and independent researchers seeking secure, high-performance computing environments. This paper introduces a decentralized, confidential computing platform that leverages Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX), Intel Trust Authority (ITA) and NVIDIA Confidential Computing (CC) to establish a distributed ecosystem of fully encrypted Confidential Virtual Machines (CVMs). The proposed architecture incentivizes hardware providers to contribute Intel TDX capable compute resources. Each participating provider is provisioned with a freshly instantiated, uniquely encrypted Ubuntu 24.04 CVM, providing data protection across all stages, at rest, in transit, and in use. By decentralizing the confidential computing stack and leveraging confidential computing across independently operated nodes, this work demonstrates a viable alternative to traditional cloud-based infrastructures. The proposed system offers enhanced security assurances, transparent cost structures, and democratized access to enterprise-grade secure compute capabilities, paving the way for a more open, secure, and equitable foundation for next-generation AI development.

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