In an update of our recent paper with Aleksandr Chatrchyan, Florian Niedermann, and Vivian Poulin, we have included fits of Cold New Early Dark Energy (Cold NEDE) to the DESI BAO data. 

Using  CMB Planck Plik data, DESI BAO, and Pantheon+ data, we find around 2-sigma evidence for NEDE (see upper left panel below), which is enhanced to 6-sigma evidence when including SH0ES supernovae data (see upper right panel below). 

Without including SH0ES data, a value of H0=73 km/s/Mpc, compatible with SH0ES findings, is allowed within 2-sigma using Planck Plik, DESI BAO, and Pantheon+ data (see lower left panel below). Including SH0ES data, the Lambda-CDM preferred value of H0 less than 68 km/s/Mpc is excluded at 6-sigma in the Cold NEDE model.

For likelihoods with other dataset combinations, parameters, and discussion, see our full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14537.