Greenland cut off: Is this related to the great blackout in Spain?

For the first time in recent history, Greenland and Spain were virtually isolated by an unprecedented double event: a massive power outage and a parallel satellite outage.

It was 12:10 a.m. on Monday when telecommunications services in northern and southern Greenland collapsed. No calls, no text messages, no internet. Tusass, the local operator, confirmed this in a brief statement: "Connection was lost with our team in Maspalomas, in the Canary Islands, on which we heavily rely to serve customers in the area under satellite coverage."

Most disturbing is that, just hours earlier, Spain and Portugal experienced their largest power outage in decades . In just five seconds, 15 gigawatts—equivalent to 60% of national demand—disappeared from the system. Cities came to a standstill, trains ground to a halt, and thousands of people were trapped in elevators and subway tunnels.

President Pedro Sánchez, after an emergency meeting with the National Security Council, described what had happened as an "absolute energy shutdown." It was unprecedented. Analog radio stations came alive again as people took to the streets looking for information or simply a place with light.

But what seemed like a local incident began to take on a global dimension when satellite disconnection was reported from Greenland… from Spain.

The Maspalomas satellite station in the Canary Islands, known for its key role in Arctic telecommunications, is the link between Greenland and Europe. The fact that this station was also affected suggests a possible technical or even cybernetic link.

"We are trying to determine whether there is a link to the major power outage that affected Spain," Tusass said in its statement. On Tuesday morning, without further details, Greenlandic authorities did not rule out any hypothesis.

Given the magnitude of the incident, King Felipe VI chaired a new session of the Security Council from Moncloa Palace. The collaboration between the Crown and the Executive seeks to facilitate rapid responses in a context where external threats, such as a cyberattack, have not yet been ruled out.

Meanwhile, the autonomous communities have deployed security forces and requested federal support under a Level 3 state of emergency.

What has happened in the last 48 hours has opened up a range of theories: from chain technical errors to sabotage or cyberattacks. What is clear is that global technological dependence can have unexpected domino effects. A power outage in the Canary Islands paralyzed Greenland. An invisible overload shut down Spain.

And as systems slowly recover, the mystery remains: Was it a coincidence, or is there a deeper connection behind these events?

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