 Electrostatic energy of alternating-charge concentric shells

A first spherical shell with charge $q$ followed by shells of charges $2(-1{)}^{n+1}q$ leaves enclosed charge $(-1{)}^{n+1}q$ after each shell. Gauss's law therefore gives the same squared electric field $q^2/(16{\pi }^2{ϵ}_0^2{r}^4)$ in every gap outside the first radius. Integrating the electrostatic energy density over all space gives $W=q^2/(8\pi {ϵ}_0{r}_1)$, independent of the other shell radii.