So, the data centers on the ground are thousands of feet across, cost billions of dollars to build, consume so much electricity that they're struggling to power them (making them resort to things like on-site gas turbines), and produce so much heat that they consume entire towns water supplies to feed their evaporative coolers.
Clearly the solution to these problems is to put the computers into a space constrained container, pay thousands of extra dollars per lb of equipment to launch it into space, where the only way to generate power is with solar panels (that are also space constrained and you also have to pay to launch), and where there is no atmosphere to act as a heat sink let alone water. Oh, and also the chips can be exposed to particle and EM radiation much more easily up there too.
EDIT: I realize that my comment is mostly just restating parts of the article, but its just hilarious to me how perfectly every space-related complication corresponds to things they're already struggling with on earth. And then there's radiation on top of that. Its like some guy complaining about how its too hot and wet in Florida, so he moves to the middle of the Amazon rainforest. And his new house has an active beehive inside it.